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 this day in history.  

1041  On this day in history michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies  

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on December - 10.  

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on December - 10.  

1508  Death of René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) on this day in history.  

1524  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on December - 10.  

1572  On this day in history death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72  

1595  Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 on December - 10.  

1603  William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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 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  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 December - 10.  

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

1826  On this day in history benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68  

1830  Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies on this day in history.  

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

1833  On this day in history dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79  

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  Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 on December - 10.  

1877  On this day in history federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68  

1888  On December - 10 mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79  

1889  On this day in history anzengruber, writer, dies  

1890  Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84 on December - 10.  

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

1904  On this day in history james Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies  

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

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  On this day in history birth of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on December - 10.  

1741  On this day in history 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 this day in history.