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 this day in history.   

1290  On May - 10 death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

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

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

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on this day in history.   

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

1569  On May - 10 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 May - 10 death of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)   

1653  On May - 10 john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61   

1657  On May - 10 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 this day in history death of john Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)   

1726  Death of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670) on this day in history.   

1733  Death of Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1774  On May - 10 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  Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 May - 10.   

1798  George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1807  On May - 10 death of comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725)   

1818  On May - 10 paul Revere, American patriot, dies   

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

1826  On May - 10 giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86   

1829  Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies on May - 10.   

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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.   

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  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on May - 10.   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on May - 10.   

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.