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 February - 10.   

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 February - 10 death of margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)   

1482  Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies   

1657  On this day in history 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  Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of thomas Ripley, English architect   

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

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

1782  On this day in history death of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702)   

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

1816  On February - 10 johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74   

1822  On February - 10 albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83   

1825  Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68 on February - 10.   

1829  On February - 10 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)   

1876  Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 on February - 10.   

1887  Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1891  On February - 10 death of sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)   

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

1524  Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history 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  Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter   

1670  On February - 10 birth of william Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)   

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