Famous Deaths In May - 10

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

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.  

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

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

1493  On this day in history death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician  

1521  On this day in history death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)  

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1569  On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer  

1637  On this day in history susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37  

1641  On May - 10 death of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)  

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1653  On this day in history john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61  

1657  Death of Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592) on this day in history.  

1691  Death of Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615) on May - 10.  

1696  On May - 10 death of jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645)  

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

1717  Death of John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641) on this day in history.  

1726  Death of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670) on May - 10.  

1733  On May - 10 death of barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)  

1737  On May - 10 death of nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702)  

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

1764  On this day in history picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies  

1770  On this day in history charles Avison, composer, dies at 61  

1774  Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 May - 10.  

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

1798  On this day in history george Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40  

1807  Death of Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725) on this day in history.  

1818  Paul Revere, American patriot, dies on this day in history.  

1820  Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86  

1829  Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies on this day in history.  

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

1697  On this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer  

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer  

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  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.