Famous Deaths Happened In May - 10
Thursday, 04 December 2025
0238 Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on May - 10. 

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 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 May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 

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 this day in history. 

1641 Death of Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596) on this day in history. 

1653 On this day in history john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 

1657 On this day in history death of gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592) 

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 May - 10. 

1710 Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on May - 10. 

1717 Death of John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641) on May - 10. 

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 May - 10. 

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 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 Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on May - 10. 

1785 On this day in history etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36 

1787 Death of William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715) on this day in history. 

1789 On this day in history guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72 

1792 On this day in history death of john Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress 

1794 Death of Elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1829 On this day in history thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies 

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