Famous Deaths Happened In August - 10

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.   

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.   

1002  On this day in history al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies   

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

1653  Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55 on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50   

1717  On this day in history nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

1784  Death of Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter and artist (b. 1713) on August - 10.   

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

1806  On August - 10 johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68   

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

1839  Death of John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758) on August - 10.   

1841  On this day in history 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  Death of George Staunton, writer on August - 10.   

1861  On this day in history nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43   

1862  Death of Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) on this day in history.   

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  Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

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

1904  On August - 10 pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies   

1905  On August - 10 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  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on August - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1489  On this day in history birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)   

1520  On August - 10 birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)   

1556  On August - 10 birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer   

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