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  On this day in history asmus Jakob Carstens, painter   

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

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.   

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  Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians) on May - 10.   

1770  Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1774  Louis XVI ascends the throne of France on May - 10.   

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

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  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  The second Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania; issues paper currency for first time on May - 10.   

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

1776  George Thomas Smart, composer on May - 10.   

1780  On this day in history peter Lichtenthal, composer   

1783  On this day in history niccola Benvenuti, composer   

1785  Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1787  Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings on May - 10.   

1788  Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist on May - 10.   

1789  On May - 10 guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72   

1792  John Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress on May - 10.   

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

1795  On May - 10 jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian   

1796  On May - 10 french Government arrest 10 utopists   

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  French govt arrest 10 utopists on this day in history.   

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

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1265  On May - 10 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  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on May - 10.   

1705  On this day in history 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  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.   

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on May - 10.   

1493  On May - 10 death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician   

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

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

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on this day in history.