Famous Deaths Happened In January - 10
Saturday, 26 April 2025
0681 On January - 10 agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies
0866 On this day in history lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies
0976 John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1094 Death of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029) on January - 10.
1271 Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies on January - 10.
1276 On this day in history gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies
1542 On January - 10 death of gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59
1645 On this day in history death of william Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71
1654 Death of Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616) on this day in history.
1662 Death of Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597) on this day in history.
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 January - 10.
1754 Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51 on this day in history.
1761 Death of Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711) on January - 10.
1768 On this day in history charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82
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 Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70 on January - 10.
1780 On January - 10 francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist/composer, dies at 82
1789 On this day in history pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82
1792 Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1794 Death of Georg Forster, German scientist and revolutionary (d. 1754) on this day in history.
1800 On January - 10 johan Wikmanson, composer, dies at 46
1811 On January - 10 death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)
1824 Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64 on January - 10.
1828 On January - 10 death of françois de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. 1750)
1833 Adrien Marie Legendre, dies on January - 10.
1846 Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1851 Death of Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) on January - 10.
1855 On this day in history mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67
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 On this day in history death of pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)