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 October - 10.  

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  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1659  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640) on this day in history.  

1723  Death of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665) on October - 10.  

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  On this day in history jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52  

1747  Death of John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674) on October - 10.  

1759  Death of Granville Elliott, British military officer (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

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

1789  On this day in history pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34  

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

1795  On October - 10 death of francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (b. 1714)  

1797  Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61 on October - 10.  

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  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  David Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever on this day in history.  

1867  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60 on October - 10.  

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 October - 10.  

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

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on October - 10.  

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on this day in history.  

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