Famous Deaths In December - 10

0949  Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.   

0969  Death of Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered on this day in history.   

1041  On this day in history michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on December - 10.   

1490  On this day in history antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90   

1508  On December - 10 death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)   

1524  On this day in history death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death   

1572  On this day in history death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72   

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  Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74 on December - 10.   

1618  On December - 10 death of giulio Caccini, Italian composer   

1626  Death of Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581) on this day in history.   

1638  On December - 10 ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49   

1665  On this day in history tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies   

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  Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80 on December - 10.   

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

1826  On December - 10 benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68   

1830  On this day in history simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies   

1831  Death of Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770) on December - 10.   

1833  Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1850  On December - 10 death of françois Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)   

1865  On this day in history death of king Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)   

1875  Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 on this day in history.   

1877  Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68 on December - 10.   

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

1889  Anzengruber, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1896  On December - 10 alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63   

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 December - 10.   

1910  On this day in history pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76   

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1394  On this day in history birth of king James I of Scotland (d. 1437)   

1452  On December - 10 birth of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)   

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) was born on this day in history.   

1588  On December - 10 birth of isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)   

1679  On December - 10 birth of willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders   

1691  On this day in history birth of cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist   

1741  Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children) was born on this day in history.   

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