Famous Deaths In December - 10

0949  On this day in history death of herman I, Duke of Swabia  

0969  Death of Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered on December - 10.  

1041  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on December - 10.  

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on December - 10.  

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  Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 on this day in history.  

1603  On this day in history william Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59  

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1616  On December - 10 diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74  

1618  On this day in history death of giulio Caccini, Italian composer  

1626  On December - 10 death of edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)  

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

1665  On this day in history tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies  

1736  Death of António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese ruler of Malta (b. 1663) on this day in history.  

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 December - 10.  

1826  Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

1831  On this day in history death of thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770)  

1833  Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79 on December - 10.  

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 December - 10.  

1875  On this day in history otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84  

1877  Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79  

1889  On December - 10 anzengruber, writer, dies  

1890  Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84 on December - 10.  

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 December - 10.  

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

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on this day in history.  

1691  On this day in history birth of cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist  

1741  On this day in history 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)