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

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

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on December - 10.  

1508  On this day in history death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)  

1524  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on December - 10.  

1572  Death of Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 on this day in history.  

1595  On this day in history reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59  

1603  William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 on December - 10.  

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1616  Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74 on December - 10.  

1618  On December - 10 death of giulio Caccini, Italian composer  

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

1638  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49 on December - 10.  

1665  Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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

1749  Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 10 benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68  

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

1831  Death of Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770) on December - 10.  

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  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  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 December - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1910  On December - 10 pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76  

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1394  King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) was born on this day in history.  

1452  On this day in history 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  Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

1679  On this day in history birth of willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders  

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on December - 10.  

1741  Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children) was born on December - 10.  

1750  Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) was born on December - 10.