Famous Deaths In February - 10

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

1134  On February - 10 robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies  

1162  On February - 10 boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies  

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

1278  Death of Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202) on this day in history.  

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 February - 10.  

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

1576  Death of Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532) on this day in history.  

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

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1598  On this day in history 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 February - 10.  

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

1711  On this day in history lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22  

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

1755  On this day in history death of montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)  

1758  On this day in history death of thomas Ripley, English architect  

1772  Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1774  On February - 10 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

1782  On this day in history death of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702)  

1783  On February - 10 james Nares, composer, dies at 67  

1816  Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74 on February - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

1829  Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1832  On February - 10 antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84  

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

1857  On February - 10 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)  

1861  Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on February - 10.  

1865  On February - 10 death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)  

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

1887  Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on February - 10.  

1891  Death of Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850) on this day in history.  

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

1524  Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.  

1606  Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663) was born on this day in history.  

1609  On February - 10 birth of john Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier  

1637  On February - 10 birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry  

1670  Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

1670  On this day in history 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)