Famous Deaths Happened In December - 10

0949  On December - 10 death of herman I, Duke of Swabia   

0969  Death of Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered on this day in history.   

1041  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.   

1198  On this day in history death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)   

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on December - 10.   

1508  On this day in history death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)   

1524  On this day in history death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death   

1572  Death of Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 on this day in history.   

1595  Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 on December - 10.   

1603  William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74   

1618  On this day in history death of giulio Caccini, Italian composer   

1626  Death of Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581) on this day in history.   

1638  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1665  Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1736  On this day in history death of antónio Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese ruler of Malta (b. 1663)   

1749  On this day in history gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42   

1770  Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80 on December - 10.   

1805  On this day in history friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43   

1826  On this day in history benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68   

1830  On this day in history simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies   

1831  Death of Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770) on this day in history.   

1833  Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1850  Death of François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787) on this day in history.   

1865  Death of King Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790) on December - 10.   

1875  On December - 10 otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84   

1877  Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1888  On December - 10 mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79   

1889  Anzengruber, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84   

1896  On December - 10 alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63   

1904  On December - 10 james Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies   

1909  On December - 10 red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies   

1910  On December - 10 pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76   

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1394  King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) was born on December - 10.   

1452  Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531) was born on December - 10.   

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) was born on this day in history.   

1588  On December - 10 birth of isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)   

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on this day in history.   

1691  On December - 10 birth of cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist   

1741  Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children) was born on this day in history.   

1750  On December - 10 birth of tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)