Famous Deaths In May - 10

0238  On this day in history death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

0995  On May - 10 death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

1290  On this day in history death of duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)   

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

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.   

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.   

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

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

1637  On May - 10 susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37   

1641  Death of Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596) on May - 10.   

1653  John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 on May - 10.   

1657  Death of Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592) on May - 10.   

1691  On May - 10 death of colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)   

1696  On May - 10 death of jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645)   

1710  Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1717  Death of John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641) on this day in history.   

1726  On this day in history death of charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)   

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

1737  On May - 10 death of nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702)   

1760  On May - 10 johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77   

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

1770  On May - 10 charles Avison, composer, dies at 61   

1774  Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on May - 10.   

1785  Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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

1789  Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72 on May - 10.   

1792  Death of John Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress on May - 10.   

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

1798  George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40 on May - 10.   

1807  Death of Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1829  On this day in history thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies   

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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 May - 10.   

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  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on May - 10.   

1727  On May - 10 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)