Famous Deaths Happened In December - 10
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
0949 Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on December - 10. 

0969 On December - 10 death of nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered 

1041 Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on December - 10. 

1198 On this day in history death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) 

1490 Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on this day in history. 

1508 On December - 10 death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) 

1524 On December - 10 death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death 

1572 Death of Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 on this day in history. 

1595 On this day in history reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 

1603 On December - 10 william Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 

1616 On December - 10 diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74 

1618 Death of Giulio Caccini, Italian composer on December - 10. 

1626 Death of Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581) on this day in history. 

1638 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49 on this day in history. 

1665 Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies on December - 10. 

1736 On this day in history death of antónio Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese ruler of Malta (b. 1663) 

1749 On this day in history gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42 

1770 Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80 on this day in history. 

1805 On December - 10 friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43 

1826 On December - 10 benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68 

1830 On this day in history simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies 

1831 On December - 10 death of thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770) 

1833 Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history. 

1850 Death of François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787) on December - 10. 

1865 Death of King Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790) on December - 10. 

1875 On December - 10 otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 

1877 On December - 10 federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68 

1888 On this day in history mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79 

1889 Anzengruber, writer, dies on this day in history. 

1890 Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84 on this day in history. 

1896 Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1904 On December - 10 james Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies 

1909 On December - 10 red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies 

1910 Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history. 

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