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  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 this day in history.  

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on this day in history.  

1730  On May - 10 birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)  

1741  Johann Michael Schmidt, composer was born on May - 10.  

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

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1754  On this day in history birth of asmus Jakob Carstens, painter  

1760  On May - 10 birth of claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)  

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of george Thomas Smart, composer  

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

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 May - 10.  

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

1800  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer was born on this day in history.  

1810  James Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 was born on this day in history.  

1813  Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford) was born on May - 10.  

1822  August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter was born on May - 10.  

1823  On May - 10 birth of john Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900  

1824  On May - 10 birth of charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895  

1825  Rudolf Viole, composer was born on May - 10.  

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  On this day in history 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  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 May - 10 death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)  

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan  

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

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on this day in history.  

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