Page 2: Historical Events In May - 10

1741  On this day in history johann Michael Schmidt, composer   

1752  Benjamin Franklins first tests the lightning rod on May - 10.   

1752  Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod on May - 10.   

1754  Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter on May - 10.   

1760  On this day in history claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)   

1760  On May - 10 johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77   

1764  Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies on May - 10.   

1768  John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London on this day in history.   

1769  On this day in history jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France   

1770  On this day in history louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)   

1770  On May - 10 charles Avison, composer, dies at 61   

1774  On May - 10 louis XVI ascends the throne of France   

1774  Louis XVI ascends to throne of France on this day in history.   

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

1775  2nd Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania; issues paper currency for first time on this day in history.   

1775  Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution on this day in history.   

1775  On May - 10 second Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander   

1775  On May - 10 the second Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania; issues paper currency for first time   

1775  On this day in history 2nd Cont Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time   

1776  On May - 10 george Thomas Smart, composer   

1780  Peter Lichtenthal, composer on May - 10.   

1783  Niccola Benvenuti, composer on May - 10.   

1785  Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36 on May - 10.   

1787  On this day in history parliament impeaches Warren Hastings   

1788  On May - 10 augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist   

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

1792  John Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress on this day in history.   

1794  On this day in history elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30   

1795  On this day in history jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian   

1796  French Government arrest 10 utopists on May - 10.   

1796  On this day in history napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge   

1796  On this day in history riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam   

1796  On May - 10 french govt arrest 10 utopists   

1797  The first Navy ship, the "United States" is launched on this day in history.   

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1265  On May - 10 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 this day in history birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

1697  On this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  On this day in history birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

1727  On May - 10 birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

1730  On May - 10 birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

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

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  On this day in history death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician   

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

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on May - 10.   

1569  On May - 10 death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer