Famous Deaths Happened In May - 10
Friday, 24 October 2025
0238 Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on May - 10. 

0995 On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht 

1290 On May - 10 death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) 

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

1493 On May - 10 death of colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician 

1521 On this day in history death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) 

1566 On May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 

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 On this day in history death of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596) 

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 May - 10. 

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

1717 On May - 10 death of john Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641) 

1726 Death of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670) on May - 10. 

1733 On this day in history death of barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681) 

1737 Death of Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702) on May - 10. 

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

1764 Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies on May - 10. 

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

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

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 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

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

1794 On May - 10 death of elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30 

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 Paul Revere, American patriot, dies on May - 10. 

1820 On this day in history matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 

1826 Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86 on May - 10. 

1829 Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies on May - 10. 

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