Famous Deaths In February - 10

1126  On this day in history death of william IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071)   

1134  On this day in history robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies   

1162  On this day in history boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies   

1242  Death of Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) on February - 10.   

1278  On February - 10 death of margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)   

1482  On February - 10 luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81   

1495  On this day in history death of william Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy   

1567  On February - 10 death of lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered   

1576  On this day in history death of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)   

1588  On February - 10 joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82   

1598  Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies on February - 10.   

1657  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1678  Death of Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried on this day in history.   

1686  William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies on February - 10.   

1711  On February - 10 lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22   

1722  On February - 10 death of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)   

1755  On this day in history death of montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)   

1758  On February - 10 death of thomas Ripley, English architect   

1772  On this day in history jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75   

1774  Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on February - 10.   

1782  Death of Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702) on February - 10.   

1783  James Nares, composer, dies at 67 on February - 10.   

1816  Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1822  On February - 10 albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83   

1825  Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1829  On February - 10 leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68   

1832  Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1837  Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on February - 10.   

1857  On February - 10 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)   

1861  Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on February - 10.   

1865  Death of Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43   

1887  Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1891  On February - 10 death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)   

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1499  Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) was born on this day in history.   

1524  Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) was born on February - 10.   

1606  On February - 10 birth of christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)   

1609  On February - 10 birth of john Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier   

1637  On this day in history birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry   

1670  Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter was born on February - 10.   

1670  On this day in history birth of william Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)   

1685  On this day in history birth of aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)