Famous Deaths Happened In May - 10
Tuesday, 03 February 2026
0238 On May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered 

0995 Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history. 

1290 Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on this day in history. 

1424 Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on May - 10. 

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 this day in history. 

1569 On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer 

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) 

1653 John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 on this day in history. 

1657 On May - 10 death of gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592) 

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

1696 On this day in history death of jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645) 

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

1733 On this day in history death of barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681) 

1737 On this day in history death of nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702) 

1760 Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36 

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

1789 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72 on May - 10. 

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 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 On May - 10 paul Revere, American patriot, dies 

1820 On May - 10 matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 

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

1829 Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies on this day in history. 

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