Historical Events In May - 10

1741  On May - 10 johann Michael Schmidt, composer  

1752  Benjamin Franklins first tests the lightning rod on this day in history.  

1752  On this day in history benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod  

1754  Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter on May - 10.  

1760  On May - 10 claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)  

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

1764  On May - 10 picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies  

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 May - 10.  

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 May - 10.  

1774  Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on May - 10.  

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

1775  On May - 10 green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution  

1775  Second Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander on this day in history.  

1775  On this day in history the second Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania; issues paper currency for first time  

1775  2nd Cont Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time on May - 10.  

1776  On this day in history george Thomas Smart, composer  

1780  On this day in history peter Lichtenthal, composer  

1783  Niccola Benvenuti, composer on May - 10.  

1785  On May - 10 etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36  

1787  On this day in history parliament impeaches Warren Hastings  

1788  On this day in history 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 May - 10.  

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

1795  Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian on May - 10.  

1796  French Government arrest 10 utopists on May - 10.  

1796  On May - 10 napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge  

1796  Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1796  On May - 10 french govt arrest 10 utopists  

1797  The first Navy ship, the "United States" is launched on May - 10.  

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

1536  On this day in history birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall  

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  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer  

1724  On May - 10 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 this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)  

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

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht  

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

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 May - 10.  

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

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

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