Famous Birthdays In May - 10

1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on this day in history.  

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

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.  

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

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer  

1724  On this day in history birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)  

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

1730  On May - 10 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  On this day in history birth of claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)  

1760  J P Hebel, writer was born on this day in history.  

1769  Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France was born on this day in history.  

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

1775  Robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

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

1780  On May - 10 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1813  On this day in history birth of montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)  

1822  On May - 10 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 May - 10.  

1825  Rudolf Viole, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of john Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln)  

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 May - 10.  

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.  

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

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

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