Famous Deaths In February - 10

1126  Death of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071) on this day in history.  

1134  On this day in history robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies  

1162  Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies on this day in history.  

1242  Death of Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) on this day in history.  

1278  On February - 10 death of margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)  

1482  Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1495  Death of William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy on this day in history.  

1567  On February - 10 death of lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered  

1576  On February - 10 death of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)  

1588  Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 on this day in history.  

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1598  On February - 10 anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies  

1657  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1678  Death of Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried on this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history william Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies  

1711  Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22 on this day in history.  

1722  On February - 10 death of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)  

1755  Death of Montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689) on this day in history.  

1758  On February - 10 death of thomas Ripley, English architect  

1772  Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on February - 10.  

1774  Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on February - 10.  

1782  On February - 10 death of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702)  

1783  On this day in history james Nares, composer, dies at 67  

1816  On this day in history johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74  

1822  Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1825  Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68 on February - 10.  

1829  On February - 10 leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68  

1832  On this day in history antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84  

1837  On February - 10 alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37  

1857  Death of David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) on February - 10.  

1861  Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1865  Death of Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) on February - 10.  

1876  Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 on February - 10.  

1887  On February - 10 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

1891  Death of Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850) on February - 10.  

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1499  Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) was born on February - 10.  

1524  On this day in history birth of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)  

1606  Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663) was born on February - 10.  

1609  On this day in history birth of john Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier  

1637  Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry was born on this day in history.  

1670  On this day in history birth of norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter  

1670  On February - 10 birth of william Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)  

1685  On February - 10 birth of aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)