Famous Deaths In December - 10

0949  On December - 10 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  On this day in history death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)   

1490  On December - 10 antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90   

1508  Death of René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) on December - 10.   

1524  On this day in history death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death   

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

1595  On December - 10 reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59   

1603  On December - 10 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  Death of Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581) on this day in history.   

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

1665  Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies on December - 10.   

1736  Death of António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese ruler of Malta (b. 1663) on December - 10.   

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  Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43 on December - 10.   

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

1830  On this day in history 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  Death of François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787) on this day in history.   

1865  Death of King Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790) on this day in history.   

1875  On December - 10 otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84   

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

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 this day in history.   

1896  Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 on December - 10.   

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

1909  Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies on December - 10.   

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

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 this day in history birth of tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)