Famous Deaths In October - 10

0019  On this day in history julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33   

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on October - 10.   

0680  On October - 10 death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  On October - 10 death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia   

0833  On October - 10 death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)   

1359  On this day in history death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  On October - 10 maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on October - 10.   

1659  Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

1676  On October - 10 sebastian Knupfer, composer, dies at 43   

1691  Death of Isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613) on October - 10.   

1708  On October - 10 death of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (b. 1659)   

1714  Death of Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1720  Death of Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640) on October - 10.   

1723  Death of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665) on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history death of philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)   

1727  On October - 10 alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61   

1745  On October - 10 jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52   

1747  On this day in history death of john Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674)   

1759  On October - 10 death of granville Elliott, British military officer (b. 1713)   

1765  On October - 10 death of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)   

1789  Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history c F D Schubart, writer, dies   

1795  On October - 10 death of francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (b. 1714)   

1797  On October - 10 carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61   

1827  Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet, dies at 49 on October - 10.   

1836  Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer, dies at 61 on October - 10.   

1843  Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1856  Michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67 on October - 10.   

1858  On October - 10 karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73   

1864  On this day in history david Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever   

1867  On this day in history ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60   

1872  Death of William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State (b. 1801) on October - 10.   

1875  On this day in history aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58   

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1344  On October - 10 birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on October - 10.   

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on this day in history.   

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On October - 10 birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

1713  On October - 10 birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer