Famous Deaths In January - 10

0681  On January - 10 agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies  

0866  On January - 10 lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies  

0976  On January - 10 john I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51  

1094  Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on this day in history.  

1271  On January - 10 otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies  

1276  Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies on January - 10.  

1542  Death of Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59 on this day in history.  

1645  On this day in history death of william Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71  

1654  On January - 10 death of nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)  

1662  Death of Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597) on this day in history.  

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1674  On January - 10 jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/MP, dies at 84  

1698  On January - 10 death of louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)  

1707  Death of Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621) on this day in history.  

1754  Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51 on January - 10.  

1761  Death of Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711) on this day in history.  

1768  Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1775  Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies on January - 10.  

1777  Death of Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719) on this day in history.  

1778  On this day in history carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70  

1780  On this day in history francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist/composer, dies at 82  

1789  On this day in history pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82  

1792  On this day in history jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60  

1794  Death of Georg Forster, German scientist and revolutionary (d. 1754) on this day in history.  

1800  Johan Wikmanson, composer, dies at 46 on January - 10.  

1811  On this day in history death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)  

1824  On this day in history victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64  

1828  Death of François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. 1750) on this day in history.  

1833  Adrien Marie Legendre, dies on January - 10.  

1846  On January - 10 etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75  

1851  Death of Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) on January - 10.  

1855  Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on January - 10.  

1862  On January - 10 samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47  

1863  Death of Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) on this day in history.  

1866  Death of Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792) on this day in history.  

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1480  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)  

1502  Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God) was born on January - 10.  

1538  On January - 10 birth of louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)  

1573  On January - 10 birth of simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)  

1607  On this day in history birth of isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)  

1628  On January - 10 birth of jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)  

1638  On January - 10 birth of niels Stensen, Danish astronomer  

1638  On January - 10 birth of nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)