Famous Deaths Happened In October - 10

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on October - 10.   

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

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on October - 10.   

0833  On October - 10 death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)   

1359  On October - 10 death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

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

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on October - 10.   

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

1676  On this day in history sebastian Knupfer, composer, dies at 43   

1691  Death of Isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613) on October - 10.   

1708  On October - 10 death of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (b. 1659)   

1714  Death of Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1720  On October - 10 death of antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)   

1723  Death of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665) on this day in history.   

1725  On October - 10 death of philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)   

1727  On October - 10 alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61   

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

1747  On October - 10 death of john Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674)   

1759  On October - 10 death of granville Elliott, British military officer (b. 1713)   

1765  On October - 10 death of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)   

1789  Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1791  C F D Schubart, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history death of francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (b. 1714)   

1797  Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1827  Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet, dies at 49 on October - 10.   

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

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

1856  On October - 10 michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67   

1858  Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1864  On October - 10 david Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever   

1867  On this day in history ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60   

1872  Death of William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State (b. 1801) on this day in history.   

1875  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on this day in history.   

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

1567  On this day in history birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)   

1599  On this day in history birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

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

1684  On this day in history birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  On this day in history birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born on this day in history.