Famous Deaths In December - 10

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

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  On this day in history death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)   

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  On this day in history death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death   

1572  On December - 10 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   

1616  On this day in history diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74   

1618  Death of Giulio Caccini, Italian composer on December - 10.   

1626  On December - 10 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 this day in history tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies   

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

1749  On December - 10 gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42   

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  Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1830  Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies on December - 10.   

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

1833  On December - 10 dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79   

1889  Anzengruber, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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1394  On December - 10 birth of king James I of Scotland (d. 1437)   

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  On this day in history birth of isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)   

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on December - 10.   

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 December - 10.   

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