Famous Deaths In February - 10

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1567  Death of Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered on February - 10.   

1576  On this day in history death of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)   

1588  On this day in history joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82   

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  Death of Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried on February - 10.   

1686  On this day in history william Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies   

1711  Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22 on February - 10.   

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

1755  On February - 10 death of montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)   

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

1772  On February - 10 jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75   

1774  Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1783  James Nares, composer, dies at 67 on February - 10.   

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  On February - 10 leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68   

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

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

1857  Death of David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) on this day in history.   

1861  On February - 10 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  Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on February - 10.   

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  Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) was born on February - 10.   

1606  On February - 10 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  On February - 10 birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry   

1670  On February - 10 birth of norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter   

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

1685  Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara) was born on February - 10.