Historical Events In May - 10

1741  On May - 10 johann Michael Schmidt, composer   

1752  Benjamin Franklins first tests the lightning rod on May - 10.   

1752  Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod on this day in history.   

1754  Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter on May - 10.   

1760  Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise) on this day in history.   

1760  Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77 on May - 10.   

1764  On this day in history picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies   

1768  On this day in history john Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.   

1769  Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France on May - 10.   

1770  On this day in history louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)   

1770  On this day in history charles Avison, composer, dies at 61   

1774  Louis XVI ascends the throne of France on this day in history.   

1774  On this day in history louis XVI ascends to throne of France   

1774  On May - 10 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64   

1775  On May - 10 2nd Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania; issues paper currency for first time   

1775  Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution on May - 10.   

1775  Second Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander on May - 10.   

1775  The second Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania; issues paper currency for first time on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history 2nd Cont Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time   

1776  On this day in history george Thomas Smart, composer   

1780  Peter Lichtenthal, composer on May - 10.   

1783  Niccola Benvenuti, composer on May - 10.   

1785  On this day in history etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36   

1787  Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist   

1789  On May - 10 guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72   

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

1794  On this day in history elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30   

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

1796  On May - 10 french Government arrest 10 utopists   

1796  Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge on May - 10.   

1796  Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam on May - 10.   

1796  On May - 10 french govt arrest 10 utopists   

1797  The first Navy ship, the "United States" is launched on this day in history.   

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

1536  On May - 10 birth of thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall   

1604  On this day in history birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

1697  On May - 10 birth of jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer   

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  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)   

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

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on May - 10.   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on this day in history.   

1566  Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1569  On May - 10 death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer