Famous Deaths Happened In August - 10

0258  On August - 10 death of saint Lawrence, martyr   

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.   

1250  Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 10.   

1535  On this day in history death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)   

1589  On this day in history death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49   

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on this day in history.   

1637  Death of Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582) on this day in history.   

1653  On August - 10 maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55   

1655  On this day in history louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50   

1717  Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies on August - 10.   

1723  Death of Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

1730  On this day in history sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74   

1759  Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46 on August - 10.   

1784  On this day in history death of allan Ramsay, Scottish painter and artist (b. 1713)   

1802  Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77 on August - 10.   

1806  Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1821  Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1839  On August - 10 death of john St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758)   

1841  Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37 on August - 10.   

1843  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1857  On August - 10 death of john Wilson Croker, politician   

1859  On this day in history death of george Staunton, writer   

1861  On this day in history nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43   

1862  Death of Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. 1829) on this day in history.   

1867  Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on August - 10.   

1875  Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on August - 10.   

1886  Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies   

1902  George Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies on this day in history.   

1904  On August - 10 pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies   

1905  On August - 10 death of kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged   

1911  Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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1267  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on August - 10.   

1296  On August - 10 birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg   

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on August - 10.   

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on this day in history.   

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on August - 10.   

1520  On August - 10 birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)   

1556  On this day in history birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer   

1560  On August - 10 birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer