Famous Deaths Happened In May - 10
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
0238 On May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
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 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 this day in history 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 On May - 10 susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37
1641 Death of Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596) on May - 10.
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 this day in history.
1696 Death of Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645) on May - 10.
1710 Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.
1717 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies
1770 On May - 10 charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
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 May - 10.
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 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 this day in history.
1818 Paul Revere, American patriot, dies on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49
1826 On May - 10 giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86
1829 On this day in history thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies
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