Famous Deaths In October - 10

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

0413  On October - 10 death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57  

0680  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on this day in history.  

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

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  On October - 10 maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60  

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1659  Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56 on October - 10.  

1676  On October - 10 sebastian Knupfer, composer, dies at 43  

1691  On October - 10 death of isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613)  

1708  Death of David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (b. 1659) on October - 10.  

1714  Death of Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646) on October - 10.  

1720  Death of Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640) on October - 10.  

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

1725  Death of Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643) on October - 10.  

1727  Alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1745  Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

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  Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34 on October - 10.  

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

1836  On October - 10 jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer, dies at 61  

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

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 October - 10.  

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

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

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

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