Famous Birthdays In May - 10

1265  On May - 10 birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on this day in history.   

1604  On May - 10 birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on May - 10.   

1730  On this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

1741  Johann Michael Schmidt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1746  Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 10.   

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

1769  Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France was born on this day in history.   

1770  Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians) was born on this day in history.   

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

1776  George Thomas Smart, composer was born on this day in history.   

1780  Peter Lichtenthal, composer was born on this day in history.   

1783  On May - 10 birth of niccola Benvenuti, composer   

1788  Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist was born on this day in history.   

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

1795  On this day in history birth of jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian   

1800  On May - 10 birth of nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer   

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

1813  On this day in history birth of montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)   

1822  On May - 10 birth of august Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter   

1823  On May - 10 birth of john Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900   

1824  Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history birth of rudolf Viole, composer   

1830  On May - 10 birth of francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)   

1837  On this day in history birth of pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)   

1838  On May - 10 birth of james, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman   

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  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  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.   

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on this day in history.   

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  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