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Deaths on August 10

1086 : Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered
1103 : Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies
1480 : Ren‚, last heir of house of Anjou, dies
1535 : Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded
1559 : Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies
1573 : Willem van Bronkhorst, Brattenburg/Stein/army leader, dies
1584 : Willem I "the Silent", [Willem of Orange], earl of Nassau, dies at 51
1594 : Paulo Bellasio, composer, dies at 40
1668 : Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer, dies at 45
1686 : Ercole Ferrata, Italian sculptor/restauranteur, dies at 76
1690 : Domenico Gabrielli, composer, dies at 39
1690 : Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48
1692 : Bridget Bishop, 1st Salem witch hanged
1762 : Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76
1838 : Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
1839 : Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61
1851 : Louis-Jacques-Mand‚ Daguerre, French painter (daguerreotypie), dies
1863 : Clement Clarke Moore, ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83
1863 : Paul Jones Semmes, US businessman/Confederate brig-general, dies at 48
1868 : Carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71
1884 : Paul Charles Morphy, US lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47
1888 : Rafael Hernando, composer, dies at 66
1891 : Pedro A de Alarc¢n, Spanish editor-in-chief (El L tigo), dies at 58
1902 : Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902), dies at 74
1908 : Eliza Laurillard, vicar/poet/writer, dies at 78
1909 : Flooi Du Toit, cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies
1910 : Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies
1915 : Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Mesdag), dies
1920 : Eug‚nie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94
1920 : John A "Jacky" Kilverston, adm/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79
1924 : Johannes B van Heutsz, gov-gen of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
1927 : Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated
1937 : Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56
1937 : Johan[nes] B Schepers, Fries writer (Braga), dies at 71
1940 : Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64
1941 : Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56
1943 : Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72
1945 : Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies
1952 : Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer, dies at 58
1953 : Sidney Homer, composer, dies at 88
1955 : Henry W Methorst, Dutch director (Central Bureau of Statistic), dies
1957 : Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies at 77
1963 : John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54
1965 : Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66
1967 : Albertine Sarrazin, French author (La TraversiŠre), dies at 29
1971 : Harry M O'Connor, dies of pneumonia at 98
1971 : Mohamed Madbouh, Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death
1975 : Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77
1977 : Norman Paris, orch leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41
1978 : Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85
1979 : Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
1982 : Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79
1982 : Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies
1983 : Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82
1985 : Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered
1987 : John Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76
1988 : Errol John, playwright, dies at 63
1989 : Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81
1989 : Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English comic (Bitter Springs), dies at 80
1990 : Hans Faverey, poet, dies
1990 : Irene Champlin, dies after long illness at 59
1991 : Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies of cancer at 48
1993 : Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95
1993 : Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91
1994 : Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66
1994 : Otto Bonsema, soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84
1995 : Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74
1996 : Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79
xxxx : Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies
xxxx : Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies
xxxx : Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies

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