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 this day in history.  

1198  On December - 10 death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)  

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  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on this day in history.  

1572  On December - 10 death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72  

1595  Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 on December - 10.  

1603  On December - 10 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 December - 10.  

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  On this day in history tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies  

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

1749  Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42 on December - 10.  

1770  Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1805  Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43 on December - 10.  

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 this day in history death of thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770)  

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

1850  On this day in history 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  On this day in history federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68  

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

1889  On this day in history anzengruber, writer, dies  

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

1896  On this day in history 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 December - 10.  

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

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 December - 10.  

1452  Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.  

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.