Famous Deaths In October - 10

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

0413  On this day in history death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

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

0732  On this day in history death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia   

0833  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on this day in history.   

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

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

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1659  On October - 10 able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56   

1676  Sebastian Knupfer, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1691  On this day in history death of isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613)   

1708  Death of David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (b. 1659) on this day in history.   

1714  Death of Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646) on October - 10.   

1720  On this day in history death of antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)   

1723  On this day in history death of william Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665)   

1725  Death of Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643) on October - 10.   

1727  On this day in history alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61   

1745  Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1747  Death of John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674) on October - 10.   

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

1765  Death of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (b. 1714) on October - 10.   

1797  Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61 on October - 10.   

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

1836  On October - 10 jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer, dies at 61   

1843  On October - 10 karl Theodor Toeschi, composer, dies at 75   

1856  On this day in history michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67   

1858  Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1864  David Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever on this day in history.   

1867  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1872  Death of William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State (b. 1801) on this day in history.   

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

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1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on October - 10.   

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on October - 10.   

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

1599  On this day in history birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on October - 10.   

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

1700  Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) was born on October - 10.   

1713  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer