Famous Deaths In December - 10

0949  On December - 10 death of herman I, Duke of Swabia   

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

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

1198  On December - 10 death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)   

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on December - 10.   

1508  Death of René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) on this day in history.   

1524  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on this day in history.   

1572  On December - 10 death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72   

1595  Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 on December - 10.   

1603  William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 10 death of edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)   

1638  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

1736  On December - 10 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1833  On December - 10 dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79   

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

1865  Death of King Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790) on this day in history.   

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

1877  On this day in history federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68   

1888  On December - 10 mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79   

1889  On this day in history anzengruber, writer, dies   

1890  On December - 10 ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84   

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

1904  On this day in history james Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies   

1909  On this day in history red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies   

1910  On December - 10 pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76   

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1394  King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) was born on December - 10.   

1452  Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 December - 10.   

1741  On this day in history birth of agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)   

1750  Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.