Famous Deaths Happened In January - 10
Monday, 20 January 2025
0681 Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies on January - 10.
0866 On January - 10 lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies
0976 John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51 on January - 10.
1094 On this day in history death of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029)
1271 Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies on this day in history.
1276 On January - 10 gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies
1542 On January - 10 death of gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59
1645 On January - 10 death of william Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71
1654 Death of Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616) on January - 10.
1662 On this day in history death of prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597)
1674 Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/MP, dies at 84 on January - 10.
1698 On January - 10 death of louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)
1707 Death of Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621) on this day in history.
1754 Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51 on this day in history.
1761 On this day in history death of edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)
1768 On this day in history charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82
1775 On this day in history jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies
1777 Death of Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719) on January - 10.
1778 Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1780 On this day in history francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist/composer, dies at 82
1789 On this day in history pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82
1792 Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60 on January - 10.
1794 Death of Georg Forster, German scientist and revolutionary (d. 1754) on January - 10.
1800 On this day in history johan Wikmanson, composer, dies at 46
1811 On January - 10 death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)
1824 On January - 10 victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64
1828 On this day in history death of françois de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. 1750)
1833 On this day in history adrien Marie Legendre, dies
1846 On this day in history etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75
1851 Death of Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) on this day in history.
1855 On January - 10 mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67
1862 Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 on this day in history.
1863 Death of Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) on this day in history.
1866 Death of Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792) on January - 10.