Famous Deaths Happened In August - 10

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.   

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

0955  On this day in history 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  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on August - 10.   

1589  On August - 10 death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49   

1628  On August - 10 death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned   

1637  Death of Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582) on this day in history.   

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

1655  On August - 10 louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50   

1717  Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history death of guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)   

1730  On August - 10 sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74   

1759  Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history 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  Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 10.   

1821  On this day in history salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52   

1839  On August - 10 death of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758)   

1841  On August - 10 hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37   

1843  On this day in history jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies   

1857  Death of John Wilson Croker, politician on this day in history.   

1859  On August - 10 death of george Staunton, writer   

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

1862  Death of Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) on August - 10.   

1867  Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on August - 10.   

1875  Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1896  On August - 10 otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies   

1902  On August - 10 george Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies   

1904  Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history death of kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged   

1911  Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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1267  On August - 10 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  On August - 10 birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)   

1397  On August - 10 birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)   

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on August - 10.   

1520  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on August - 10.   

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

1560  On August - 10 birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer