Famous Deaths In October - 10

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

0413  On this day in history death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

0680  On this day in history death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  On October - 10 death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia   

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 October - 10.   

1616  On this day in history maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

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

1691  On this day in history death of isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613)   

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

1714  On October - 10 death of pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646)   

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

1723  On this day in history death of william Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665)   

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

1727  On this day in history alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61   

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

1747  Death of John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674) on this day in history.   

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

1765  Death of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688) on this day in history.   

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

1791  On October - 10 c F D Schubart, writer, dies   

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

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

1827  On October - 10 ugo Foscolo, Italian poet, dies at 49   

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

1843  On this day in history karl Theodor Toeschi, composer, dies at 75   

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

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 October - 10 ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60   

1872  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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1344  On October - 10 birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

1486  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On October - 10 birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on October - 10.   

1684  On October - 10 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  On October - 10 birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer