Famous Deaths In December - 10

0949  On December - 10 death of herman I, Duke of Swabia  

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

1041  On December - 10 michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies  

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72  

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

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

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1616  Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 10.  

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

1736  Death of António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese ruler of Malta (b. 1663) on this day in history.  

1749  Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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

1805  Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history 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  On December - 10 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  Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 on December - 10.  

1877  Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68 on December - 10.  

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

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

1909  Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies on this day in history.  

1910  Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76 on December - 10.  

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1394  King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) was born on December - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

1588  Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637) was born on December - 10.  

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on this day in history.  

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

1741  On December - 10 birth of agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)  

1750  Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) was born on December - 10.