Famous Deaths In May - 10

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

0995  On May - 10 death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht  

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  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.  

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

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history death of colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)  

1696  Death of Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1737  Death of Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702) on May - 10.  

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  On May - 10 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64  

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 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 May - 10 death of elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30  

1798  George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40 on May - 10.  

1807  Death of Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725) on May - 10.  

1818  Paul Revere, American patriot, dies on this day in history.  

1820  Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 on May - 10.  

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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1265  On May - 10 birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)  

1536  On May - 10 birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall  

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on May - 10.  

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on this day in history.  

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on this day in history.  

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