Page 2: Historical Events In May - 10

1741  On May - 10 johann Michael Schmidt, composer   

1752  On this day in history benjamin Franklins first tests the lightning rod   

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 May - 10.   

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

1764  On May - 10 picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies   

1768  On May - 10 john Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.   

1769  On May - 10 jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France   

1770  Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians) on this day in history.   

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

1774  Louis XVI ascends the throne of France on May - 10.   

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

1775  On this day in history green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution   

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

1775  On this day in history the second Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania; issues paper currency for first time   

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  On this day in history niccola Benvenuti, composer   

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

1787  Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings on this day in history.   

1788  On May - 10 augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist   

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

1792  John Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress on this day in history.   

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

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

1796  French Government arrest 10 utopists on this day in history.   

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 May - 10.   

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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 May - 10 birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

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

1705  Gallus Zeiler, composer was born on May - 10.   

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 this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

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

0995  Death of Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

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

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

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

1521  On May - 10 death of sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)   

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