Famous Deaths In February - 10

1126  Death of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071) on February - 10.  

1134  Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies on February - 10.  

1162  Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies on February - 10.  

1242  Death of Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) on February - 10.  

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

1482  On this day in history luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81  

1495  On February - 10 death of william Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy  

1567  Death of Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered on February - 10.  

1576  Death of Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532) on February - 10.  

1588  Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 on February - 10.  

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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 February - 10.  

1678  Death of Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried on February - 10.  

1686  William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies on February - 10.  

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  Death of Thomas Ripley, English architect on this day in history.  

1772  On February - 10 jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75  

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

1782  Death of Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702) on this day in history.  

1783  James Nares, composer, dies at 67 on February - 10.  

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

1822  On this day in history albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83  

1825  On February - 10 paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68  

1829  Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68 on February - 10.  

1832  Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1837  Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1887  Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)  

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1499  On this day in history birth of thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)  

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

1606  On this day in history birth of christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)  

1609  John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier was born on this day in history.  

1637  On this day in history birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry  

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)