Famous Deaths In May - 10

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

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

1290  On this day in history death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)  

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

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

1521  On May - 10 death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)  

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

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

1637  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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

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1653  On May - 10 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  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  On this day in history georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46  

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

1726  On this day in history death of charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)  

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

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

1760  On May - 10 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  Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1785  Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1787  On this day in history death of william Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715)  

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  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  On May - 10 paul Revere, American patriot, dies  

1820  On this day in history matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49  

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

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  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  On this day in history 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 May - 10.  

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

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