Famous Birthdays In May - 10

1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.  

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.  

1604  On May - 10 birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)  

1697  On May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer  

1705  On this day in history birth of gallus Zeiler, composer  

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on May - 10.  

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on this day in history.  

1730  On this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)  

1741  Johann Michael Schmidt, composer was born on May - 10.  

1746  On May - 10 birth of gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)  

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1754  Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter was born on May - 10.  

1760  On this day in history birth of claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)  

1760  On May - 10 birth of j P Hebel, writer  

1769  On this day in history birth of jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France  

1770  Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians) was born on this day in history.  

1775  On May - 10 birth of robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)  

1776  On May - 10 birth of george Thomas Smart, composer  

1780  On this day in history birth of peter Lichtenthal, composer  

1783  On May - 10 birth of niccola Benvenuti, composer  

1788  Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist was born on this day in history.  

1788  Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819) was born on May - 10.  

1795  Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian was born on May - 10.  

1800  On this day in history birth of nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer  

1810  On May - 10 birth of james Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879  

1813  Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford) was born on this day in history.  

1822  On May - 10 birth of august Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter  

1823  On this day in history birth of john Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900  

1824  Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.  

1825  On this day in history birth of rudolf Viole, composer  

1830  On this day in history birth of francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)  

1837  On this day in history birth of pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)  

1838  On this day in history birth of james, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman  

1838  John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln) was born on May - 10.  

1840  On this day in history birth of hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)  

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0238  On this day in history death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered  

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.  

1290  On this day in history death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)  

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan  

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.  

1521  On May - 10 death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)  

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65  

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on this day in history.