Deaths on March 10

1546 : Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46
1585 : Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at 67
1592 : Michiel Coxcie, Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies
1597 : Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies
1700 : Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer, dies at 61
1701 : Johann Schelle, composer, dies at 52
1716 : Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer, dies at 48
1735 : Dirk T van Cloon, Dutch lawyer/gov-gen of E Indies, dies at about 46
1792 : John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78
1819 : Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, writer, dies
1826 : Johan VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56
1832 : Muzio Clementi, Italian composer, dies at 79
1861 : Josepf Fran‡ois Snel, composer, dies at 67
1864 : Maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52
1865 : William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confed gen-maj, dies at 48
1866 : Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87
1870 : Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer, dies at 75
1872 : Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66
1875 : Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84
1888 : Ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57
1892 : Otto van Raised, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1884-88), dies at 69
1897 : Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79
xxxx : Frank O'Connor, writer, dies
1900 : Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer, dies at 94
1901 : Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer, dies at 38
1906 : Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67
1910 : Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer, dies at 85
1910 : Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65
1913 : Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY
1922 : Arthur Hervey, composer, dies at 67
1922 : Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer, dies at 73
1935 : Barend Barendse, actor/director (Broken Lives), dies at 82
1940 : Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68
1943 : Tully Marshall, actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78
1944 : David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52
1948 : Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered
1953 : Charles Gordon Curtis, inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92
1966 : Frederik "Frits" Zernike, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1953), dies at 77
1966 : Mari Sandoz, US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64
1968 : Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47
1971 : Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer, dies at 92
1973 : Richard Sharples, governor of Bermuda, assassinated
1974 : June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48
1974 : Quinto Maganini, composer, dies at 76
1975 : Leopold Samuel, composer, dies at 91
1977 : E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70
1977 : Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 74
1977 : Willem Schermerhorn, Dutch premier (1945-46), dies at 82
1980 : Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris
1984 : June Marlowe, actress (Pardon US), dies at 81
1985 : Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/pres of USSR (1984-85), dies at 73
1986 : Ray Milland, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945), dies at 81
1988 : Andy Gibb, singer, dies of heart infection at 30
1988 : Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78
1988 : William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer, dies at 79
1990 : Michael Stewart, UK Sect of State (1965-66, 68-70), dies
1992 : Roy Holmer Wallack, dies of pneumonia at 64
1993 : C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies
1993 : David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47
1994 : Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman, dies at 92
1994 : Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73
1994 : Robert Shea, author, dies of cancer
1995 : Alexander Hyatt-King, Mozart scholar, dies at 84
1995 : Carel Birnie, ballet producer, dies at 69
1995 : Hendrik W van Leeuwen, Dutch musician, dies at 79
1995 : Richard Baerlein, racing writer, dies at 84
1996 : Lucius E Burch Jr, US civil rights leader, dies at 84
1996 : Ross Hunter, US producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75




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