Famous Deaths In May - 10

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

0995  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65  

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1733  Death of Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681) on May - 10.  

1737  Death of Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702) on May - 10.  

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 May - 10 charles Avison, composer, dies at 61  

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

1785  Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36 on May - 10.  

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

1789  On May - 10 guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72  

1792  On this day in history death of john Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress  

1794  On this day in history death of elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30  

1798  On May - 10 george Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40  

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

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

1820  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1536  On May - 10 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  On May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer  

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer  

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

1727  On this day in history birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)  

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.