Famous Deaths In February - 10

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

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

1162  On this day in history boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies  

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 February - 10 luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81  

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

1567  On this day in history death of lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered  

1576  On this day in history death of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)  

1588  On February - 10 joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82  

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1598  Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies on this day in history.  

1657  On February - 10 sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59  

1678  On February - 10 death of philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried  

1686  On February - 10 william Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies  

1711  Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22 on February - 10.  

1722  On this day in history death of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)  

1755  On February - 10 death of montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)  

1758  Death of Thomas Ripley, English architect on February - 10.  

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

1774  Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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

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

1816  Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

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

1837  Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on February - 10.  

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

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

1865  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)  

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

1524  On February - 10 birth of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)  

1606  On February - 10 birth of christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)  

1609  John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier was born on February - 10.  

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

1670  Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter was born on February - 10.  

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)