Famous Deaths In May - 10

0238  On this day in history death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered  

0995  On May - 10 death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht  

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.  

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan  

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.  

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.  

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on May - 10.  

1569  On May - 10 death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer  

1637  On May - 10 susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37  

1641  Death of Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596) on May - 10.  

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1653  John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 on May - 10.  

1657  Death of Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592) on May - 10.  

1691  Death of Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615) on this day in history.  

1696  Death of Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645) on this day in history.  

1710  Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on May - 10.  

1717  Death of John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641) on May - 10.  

1726  On May - 10 death of charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)  

1733  Death of Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681) on this day in history.  

1737  Death of Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702) on this day in history.  

1760  On this day in history johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77  

1764  On May - 10 picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies  

1770  Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61 on May - 10.  

1774  On May - 10 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64  

1785  On May - 10 etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36  

1787  Death of William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715) on this day in history.  

1789  On this day in history guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72  

1792  Death of John Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress on this day in history.  

1794  Death of Elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30 on this day in history.  

1798  George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40 on May - 10.  

1807  Death of Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725) on May - 10.  

1818  On May - 10 paul Revere, American patriot, dies  

1820  On May - 10 matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49  

1826  Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86 on May - 10.  

1829  Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies on May - 10.  

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1265  On this day in history birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)  

1536  On this day in history birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall  

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.  

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on this day in history.  

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1724  On May - 10 birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)  

1727  On May - 10 birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)  

1730  On May - 10 birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)