Famous Deaths In October - 10

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on October - 10.   

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on this day in history.   

0680  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on October - 10.   

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on this day in history.   

0833  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on this day in history.   

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

1616  Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on October - 10.   

1651  On October - 10 philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77   

1659  On October - 10 able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56   

1676  Sebastian Knupfer, composer, dies at 43 on October - 10.   

1691  Death of Isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613) on this day in history.   

1708  Death of David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (b. 1659) on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history death of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646)   

1720  Death of Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

1723  On October - 10 death of william Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665)   

1725  On this day in history death of philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)   

1727  Alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61 on October - 10.   

1745  Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52 on October - 10.   

1747  On this day in history death of john Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674)   

1759  Death of Granville Elliott, British military officer (b. 1713) on October - 10.   

1765  On this day in history death of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)   

1789  On October - 10 pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34   

1791  C F D Schubart, writer, dies on October - 10.   

1795  Death of Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1797  On October - 10 carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61   

1827  On this day in history ugo Foscolo, Italian poet, dies at 49   

1836  Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer, dies at 61 on October - 10.   

1843  Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer, dies at 75 on October - 10.   

1856  Michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73   

1864  On this day in history david Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever   

1867  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1872  On October - 10 death of william H. Seward, United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)   

1875  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58 on October - 10.   

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1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on October - 10.   

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1567  On October - 10 birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)   

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on this day in history.   

1678  On October - 10 birth of john Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707)   

1684  On October - 10 birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  On October - 10 birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer