Famous Deaths In February - 10

1126  On this day in history death of william IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071)   

1134  On this day in history robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies   

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 February - 10.   

1278  On this day in history death of margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)   

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

1495  Death of William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy on February - 10.   

1567  Death of Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered on this day in history.   

1576  Death of Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532) on this day in history.   

1588  Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 on February - 10.   

1598  Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies on this day in history.   

1657  Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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  Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22 on February - 10.   

1722  On February - 10 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 February - 10.   

1772  Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on February - 10.   

1774  On this day in history florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44   

1782  Death of Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702) on this day in history.   

1783  James Nares, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1816  Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1822  Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83 on February - 10.   

1825  Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68   

1832  On this day in history antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84   

1837  Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on February - 10.   

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

1861  Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)   

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  On February - 10 death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)   

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1499  Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) was born on February - 10.   

1524  On February - 10 birth of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)   

1606  On this day in history birth of christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)   

1609  On February - 10 birth of john Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier   

1637  Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry was born on February - 10.   

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 February - 10 birth of aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)