Famous Deaths In December - 10

0949  Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.  

0969  Death of Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered on December - 10.  

1041  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)  

1524  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on this day in history.  

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

1595  On December - 10 reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59  

1603  On this day in history william Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59  

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1616  On this day in history diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74  

1618  On this day in history death of giulio Caccini, Italian composer  

1626  Death of Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581) on December - 10.  

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

1665  Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1736  Death of António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese ruler of Malta (b. 1663) on December - 10.  

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 this day in history friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43  

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

1830  On December - 10 simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies  

1831  On this day in history death of thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770)  

1833  Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79 on December - 10.  

1850  On this day in history death of françois Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)  

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  Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1888  Mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1889  On December - 10 anzengruber, writer, dies  

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 December - 10.  

1904  James Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies on this day in history.  

1909  Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies on December - 10.  

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

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1394  On December - 10 birth of king James I of Scotland (d. 1437)  

1452  Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531) was born on December - 10.  

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) was born on December - 10.  

1588  On December - 10 birth of isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)  

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on December - 10.  

1691  On December - 10 birth of cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist  

1741  On this day in history birth of agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)  

1750  On this day in history birth of tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)