Famous Birthdays In May - 10

1265  On this day in history birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)  

1536  On this day in history birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall  

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on May - 10.  

1697  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1727  On this day in history birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)  

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

1741  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Schmidt, composer  

1746  Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818) was born on May - 10.  

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1754  Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter was born on this day in history.  

1760  Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) was born on May - 10.  

1760  J P Hebel, writer was born on May - 10.  

1769  Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France was born on May - 10.  

1770  Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians) was born on May - 10.  

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

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

1780  Peter Lichtenthal, composer was born on this day in history.  

1783  On this day in history birth of niccola Benvenuti, composer  

1788  On May - 10 birth of augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist  

1788  On this day in history birth of catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819)  

1795  On May - 10 birth of jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian  

1800  On May - 10 birth of nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer  

1810  On this day in history 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 May - 10.  

1822  On this day in history 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  Rudolf Viole, composer was born on May - 10.  

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

1837  Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) was born on May - 10.  

1838  James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman was born on this day in history.  

1838  John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln) was born on this day in history.  

1840  On May - 10 birth of hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)  

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0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.  

0995  On May - 10 death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht  

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.  

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on this day in history.  

1493  On this day in history death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician  

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

1566  On May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65  

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on May - 10.