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 this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer  

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on May - 10.  

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on this day in history.  

1727  On May - 10 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  On May - 10 birth of gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)  

1754  On May - 10 birth of asmus Jakob Carstens, painter  

1760  Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 10 birth of louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)  

1775  Robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806) was born on May - 10.  

1776  George Thomas Smart, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1783  Niccola Benvenuti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1788  Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist was born on May - 10.  

1788  On May - 10 birth of catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819)  

1795  On this day in history birth of jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian  

1800  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer was born on May - 10.  

1810  James Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 was born on May - 10.  

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

1822  On this day in history birth of august Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter  

1823  On May - 10 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  Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult) was born on this day in history.  

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

1838  On May - 10 birth of james, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman  

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

1840  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht  

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

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on May - 10.  

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

1521  On this day in history death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)  

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1569  On May - 10 death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer