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

1618  On December - 10 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 December - 10 gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42  

1770  On December - 10 theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80  

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

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

1865  On December - 10 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 December - 10.  

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

1889  On December - 10 anzengruber, writer, dies  

1890  On this day in history ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84  

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  On December - 10 red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.  

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

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