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  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 May - 10 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  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.  

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

1746  Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1769  On this day in history birth of jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France  

1770  On May - 10 birth of louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)  

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  Peter Lichtenthal, composer was born on May - 10.  

1783  On May - 10 birth of niccola Benvenuti, composer  

1788  On May - 10 birth of augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist  

1788  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1810  On May - 10 birth of james Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879  

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

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

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

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 May - 10.  

1837  Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) was born on this day in history.  

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

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on this day in history.  

1424  On this day in history 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 May - 10.  

1566  On May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65  

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on May - 10.