Famous Deaths Happened In May - 10

0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.   

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  On May - 10 death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)   

1566  On May - 10 leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

1569  On this day in history death of juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer   

1637  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1641  Death of Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596) on this day in history.   

1653  John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1691  Death of Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615) on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history death of jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645)   

1710  Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46 on May - 10.   

1717  On May - 10 death of john Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)   

1726  Death of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670) on May - 10.   

1733  Death of Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681) on this day in history.   

1737  Death of Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702) on May - 10.   

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

1774  On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64   

1785  On May - 10 etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36   

1787  Death of William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715) on May - 10.   

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

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

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

1798  On May - 10 george Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40   

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

1818  Paul Revere, American patriot, dies on May - 10.   

1820  Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1826  Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86 on May - 10.   

1829  Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies on this day in history.   

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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on May - 10.   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.   

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

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

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

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on May - 10.   

1730  On May - 10 birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)