Famous Deaths In May - 10

0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.  

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

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on this day in history.  

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.  

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

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on this day in history.  

1637  On May - 10 susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37  

1641  On May - 10 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  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  On May - 10 death of jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645)  

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

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 this day in history johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77  

1764  Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies on this day in history.  

1770  On this day in history charles Avison, composer, dies at 61  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86 on May - 10.  

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  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.  

1604  On May - 10 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 this day in history 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 May - 10.  

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.