Famous Deaths Happened In October - 10
Sunday, 17 August 2025
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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