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 this day in history death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

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

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  On this day in history susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37   

1641  On May - 10 death of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)   

1653  John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1657  Death of Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592) on this day in history.   

1691  On this day in history death of colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)   

1696  On May - 10 death of jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645)   

1710  On this day in history georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46   

1717  Death of John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641) on this day in history.   

1726  On this day in history death of charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)   

1733  Death of Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681) on May - 10.   

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

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

1774  Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1787  On this day in history death of william Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715)   

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

1792  On this day in history death of john Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress   

1794  Death of Elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30 on May - 10.   

1798  On May - 10 george Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40   

1807  On May - 10 death of comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725)   

1818  On this day in history paul Revere, American patriot, dies   

1820  Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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 May - 10.   

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  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on May - 10.   

1727  On this day in history birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.