Famous Deaths In February - 10

1126  Death of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071) on this day in history.   

1134  Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies on this day in history.   

1162  Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies on February - 10.   

1242  Death of Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) on this day in history.   

1278  Death of Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202) on this day in history.   

1482  Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81 on February - 10.   

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  Death of Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532) on February - 10.   

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

1598  On February - 10 anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies   

1657  On February - 10 sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59   

1678  On February - 10 death of philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried   

1686  On February - 10 william Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies   

1711  On this day in history lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22   

1722  On this day in history death of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)   

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

1758  Death of Thomas Ripley, English architect on this day in history.   

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

1774  On February - 10 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44   

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

1783  On this day in history james Nares, composer, dies at 67   

1816  On this day in history johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74   

1822  On this day in history 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  Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1832  On February - 10 antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84   

1837  On February - 10 alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37   

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

1861  On this day in history francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies   

1865  Death of Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) on February - 10.   

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

1887  On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

1891  Death of Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850) on February - 10.   

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1499  On this day in history birth of thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)   

1524  On this day in history birth of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)   

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

1609  John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier was born on this day in history.   

1637  On February - 10 birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry   

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

1670  William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World) was born on this day in history.   

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