Famous Birthdays In May - 10

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

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

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

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

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  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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

1769  On May - 10 birth of jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France  

1770  On this day in history birth of louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)  

1775  On this day in history birth of robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)  

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

1780  On May - 10 birth of peter Lichtenthal, composer  

1783  Niccola Benvenuti, composer was born on May - 10.  

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 this day in history birth of nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer  

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

1813  On May - 10 birth of montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)  

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

1823  John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history birth of charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895  

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

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 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 May - 10.  

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on this day in history.  

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.  

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

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