Famous Deaths Happened In May - 10

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 this day in history.   

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

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on May - 10.   

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1657  On this day in history death of gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)   

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 this day in history.   

1710  On May - 10 georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46   

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

1726  Death of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670) on this day in history.   

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

1737  On this day in history death of nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702)   

1760  Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77 on May - 10.   

1764  On this day in history picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies   

1770  Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61 on May - 10.   

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

1785  On this day in history etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36   

1787  On May - 10 death of william Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715)   

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

1792  On May - 10 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  George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40 on May - 10.   

1807  On this day in history death of comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725)   

1818  On May - 10 paul Revere, American patriot, dies   

1820  Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 on May - 10.   

1826  On May - 10 giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86   

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 this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall   

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

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on May - 10.   

1705  On this day in history birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  On May - 10 birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

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)