Famous Deaths In December - 10

0949  On this day in history death of herman I, Duke of Swabia  

0969  On this day in history death of nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered  

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

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

1572  Death of Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 on December - 10.  

1595  Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 10 death of giulio Caccini, Italian composer  

1626  On December - 10 death of edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)  

1638  On December - 10 ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49  

1665  On December - 10 tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies  

1736  On December - 10 death of antónio Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese ruler of Malta (b. 1663)  

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

1770  On this day in history theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80  

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  Death of Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770) on December - 10.  

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

1850  Death of François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787) on this day in history.  

1865  On December - 10 death of king Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)  

1875  Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 on this day in history.  

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

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

1889  On December - 10 anzengruber, writer, dies  

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

1896  On December - 10 alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63  

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

1909  On this day in history red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies  

1910  On this day in history pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76  

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

1452  On December - 10 birth of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)  

1538  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)  

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 December - 10.  

1691  On this day in history birth of cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist  

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

1750  On December - 10 birth of tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)