Famous Deaths In December - 10

0949  Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on December - 10.   

0969  On December - 10 death of nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered   

1041  On December - 10 michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on this day in history.   

1490  On December - 10 antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90   

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

1524  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on December - 10.   

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

1595  On this day in history reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59   

1603  On this day in history william Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59   

1616  On December - 10 diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74   

1618  Death of Giulio Caccini, Italian composer on this day in history.   

1626  Death of Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581) on December - 10.   

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  Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42 on December - 10.   

1770  On December - 10 theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80   

1805  Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43 on December - 10.   

1826  Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68 on December - 10.   

1830  Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies on December - 10.   

1831  On December - 10 death of thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770)   

1833  On this day in history dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79   

1850  On this day in history death of françois Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)   

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  On this day in history federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68   

1888  Mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79 on December - 10.   

1889  On December - 10 anzengruber, writer, dies   

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

1896  Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1904  James Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies on this day in history.   

1909  Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies on this day in history.   

1910  Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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1394  King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) was born on this day in history.   

1452  On this day in history birth of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)   

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) was born on December - 10.   

1588  Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on December - 10.   

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

1741  On December - 10 birth of agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)   

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