Famous Deaths In December - 10

0949  Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on December - 10.  

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 December - 10.  

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

1490  On this day in history antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90  

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

1524  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Death of Giulio Caccini, Italian composer on this day in history.  

1626  On this day in history death of edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)  

1638  On this day in history 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 this day in history friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43  

1826  Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68 on December - 10.  

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

1831  Death of Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770) on December - 10.  

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

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

1865  On this day in history death of king Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)  

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 December - 10.  

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

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

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

1679  On this day in history birth of willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders  

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

1741  Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children) was born on this day in history.  

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