Famous Deaths In August - 10

0258  On this day in history death of saint Lawrence, martyr   

0794  On August - 10 fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30   

0955  On August - 10 conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle   

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.   

1250  Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 10.   

1535  On August - 10 death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)   

1589  On this day in history death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49   

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.   

1637  On August - 10 death of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)   

1653  On August - 10 maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55   

1655  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50 on August - 10.   

1717  Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies on August - 10.   

1723  Death of Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656) on August - 10.   

1730  On this day in history sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74   

1759  Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46 on August - 10.   

1784  On August - 10 death of allan Ramsay, Scottish painter and artist (b. 1713)   

1802  On August - 10 aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77   

1806  On this day in history johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68   

1821  Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1839  Death of John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758) on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37   

1843  On August - 10 jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies   

1857  On August - 10 death of john Wilson Croker, politician   

1859  Death of George Staunton, writer on this day in history.   

1861  Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43 on this day in history.   

1862  On August - 10 death of shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)   

1867  On August - 10 ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867   

1875  Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on August - 10.   

1886  On August - 10 eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85   

1896  On this day in history otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies   

1902  On this day in history george Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies   

1904  Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies on August - 10.   

1905  On August - 10 death of kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged   

1911  On this day in history carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70   

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1267  On this day in history birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)   

1296  On August - 10 birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg   

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on August - 10.   

1397  On this day in history birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)   

1489  On August - 10 birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)   

1520  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)   

1556  On this day in history birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer   

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on this day in history.