Famous Birthdays In May - 10

1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 10 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  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 this day in history.   

1741  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Schmidt, composer   

1746  On May - 10 birth of gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)   

1754  On May - 10 birth of asmus Jakob Carstens, painter   

1760  Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) was born on this day in history.   

1760  J P Hebel, writer was born on May - 10.   

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

1770  Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians) was born on May - 10.   

1775  Robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history birth of george Thomas Smart, composer   

1780  On May - 10 birth of peter Lichtenthal, composer   

1783  Niccola Benvenuti, composer was born on May - 10.   

1788  Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist was born on this day in history.   

1788  Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.   

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

1800  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer was born on May - 10.   

1810  James Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 was born on this day in history.   

1813  On May - 10 birth of montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)   

1822  August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter was born on May - 10.   

1823  On this day in history birth of john Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900   

1824  On May - 10 birth of charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1825  Rudolf Viole, composer was born on this day in history.   

1830  On May - 10 birth of francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)   

1837  On this day in history birth of pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)   

1838  On this day in history birth of james, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman   

1838  On this day in history birth of john Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln)   

1840  On this day in history birth of hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)   

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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  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 May - 10.   

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

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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