Famous Deaths In May - 10

0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on May - 10.  

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  On May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65  

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on May - 10.  

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

1641  On this day in history death of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)  

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

1657  On this day in history death of gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)  

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

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

1710  On May - 10 georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46  

1717  On May - 10 death of john Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)  

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

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

1737  On this day in history death of nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702)  

1760  On May - 10 johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77  

1764  Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies on May - 10.  

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

1774  On this day in history 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  Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1794  On May - 10 death of elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30  

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  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  On this day in history thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies  

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

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

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