Famous Deaths In May - 10

0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.  

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht  

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on this day in history.  

1424  On this day in history death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan  

1493  On May - 10 death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician  

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 this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer  

1637  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37 on May - 10.  

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

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1653  On May - 10 john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61  

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

1691  On May - 10 death of colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)  

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  On May - 10 death of john Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)  

1726  Death of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670) on this day in history.  

1733  On this day in history death of barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)  

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

1760  Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77 on May - 10.  

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

1770  On May - 10 charles Avison, composer, dies at 61  

1774  Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on May - 10.  

1785  On this day in history etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36  

1787  Death of William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715) on May - 10.  

1789  Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72 on May - 10.  

1792  On May - 10 death of john Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress  

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  On this day in history death of comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725)  

1818  Paul Revere, American patriot, dies on May - 10.  

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

1826  Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1829  On May - 10 thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies  

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1265  On May - 10 birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)  

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on this day in history.  

1604  On this day in history birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)  

1697  On May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer  

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on May - 10.  

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on this day in history.  

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on this day in history.  

1730  On this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)