Famous Birthdays In May - 10

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

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 May - 10.  

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on May - 10.  

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

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

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 May - 10 birth of johann Michael Schmidt, composer  

1746  On this day in history birth of gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)  

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

1760  On May - 10 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  On this day in history birth of robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)  

1776  George Thomas Smart, composer was born on May - 10.  

1780  Peter Lichtenthal, composer was born on May - 10.  

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  Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian was born on this day in history.  

1800  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history birth of rudolf Viole, composer  

1830  Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult) was born on May - 10.  

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

1838  James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman was born on May - 10.  

1838  On May - 10 birth of john Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln)  

1840  Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan  

1493  On May - 10 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  On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer