Famous Deaths Happened In August - 10

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

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

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1250  On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered   

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on this day in history.   

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

1628  On this day in history death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned   

1637  On this day in history death of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)   

1653  On this day in history maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55   

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

1717  On August - 10 nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies   

1723  On August - 10 death of guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)   

1730  Sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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  Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77 on August - 10.   

1806  Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 10.   

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

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

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

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

1857  On this day in history death of john Wilson Croker, politician   

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

1867  On this day in history ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867   

1875  On August - 10 karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66   

1886  Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on August - 10.   

1896  Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies on August - 10.   

1902  On August - 10 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 this day in history death of kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged   

1911  Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70 on August - 10.   

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

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.   

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on August - 10.