Famous Birthdays In May - 10

1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.   

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  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on this day in history.   

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on this day in history.   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

1741  On May - 10 birth of johann Michael Schmidt, composer   

1746  Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818) was born on May - 10.   

1754  On this day in history birth of asmus Jakob Carstens, painter   

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

1760  On May - 10 birth of j P Hebel, writer   

1769  Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France was born on May - 10.   

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

1775  Robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806) was born on May - 10.   

1776  On May - 10 birth of george Thomas Smart, composer   

1780  Peter Lichtenthal, composer was born on May - 10.   

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

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

1788  Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819) was born on May - 10.   

1795  Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian was born on this day in history.   

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

1810  On this day in history birth of james Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879   

1813  Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford) was born on May - 10.   

1822  August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter was born on this day in history.   

1823  John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900 was born on May - 10.   

1824  Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on May - 10.   

1825  On May - 10 birth of rudolf Viole, composer   

1830  Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult) was born on May - 10.   

1837  Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) was born on May - 10.   

1838  James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman was born on May - 10.   

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

1840  Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868) was born on this day in history.   

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0238  On this day in history death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.   

1290  On this day in history 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  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on this day in history.   

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

1569  On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer