Famous Deaths Happened In May - 10

0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

1493  On this day in history death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician   

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  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on May - 10.   

1637  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37 on May - 10.   

1641  Death of Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596) on this day in history.   

1653  On May - 10 john Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61   

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  Death of Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645) on May - 10.   

1710  Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1717  On this day in history death of john Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)   

1726  On May - 10 death of charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)   

1733  On May - 10 death of barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)   

1737  Death of Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702) on this day in history.   

1760  Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1764  Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies on this day in history.   

1770  On this day in history charles Avison, composer, dies at 61   

1774  On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64   

1785  Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36 on May - 10.   

1787  Death of William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715) on May - 10.   

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

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

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  Death of Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725) on May - 10.   

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

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

1826  Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1829  Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies on this day in history.   

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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 May - 10.   

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1697  On this day in history birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on May - 10.   

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  On this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)