Famous Deaths In May - 10

0238  On May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered  

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

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

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan  

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.  

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

1566  On May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65  

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 May - 10.  

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 May - 10.  

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  On this day in history death of charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)  

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

1737  Death of Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702) on this day in history.  

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  Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61 on May - 10.  

1774  On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64  

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 May - 10.  

1794  On this day in history 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  On May - 10 death of comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725)  

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

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1265  On this day in history birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)  

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on this day in history.  

1604  On May - 10 birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)  

1697  On this day in history 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 May - 10.