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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1508  On December - 10 death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)  

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 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 December - 10 death of giulio Caccini, Italian composer  

1626  Death of Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581) on December - 10.  

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

1665  On December - 10 tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies  

1736  On this day in history death of antónio Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese ruler of Malta (b. 1663)  

1749  On this day in history 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  Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43 on December - 10.  

1826  On this day in history benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68  

1830  Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies on this day in history.  

1831  Death of Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770) on this day in history.  

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 December - 10.  

1865  On this day in history death of king Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)  

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

1877  On December - 10 federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68  

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

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 December - 10.  

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 December - 10.  

1909  On this day in history red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies  

1910  Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76 on December - 10.  

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

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  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  Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.