Deaths in History on July 10

138 Hadrian, Roman emperor (117-138), dies at 62

1099 El Cid [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Castilian nobleman and military leader and general strategist, dies at about 59

1103 Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies
1290 King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
1460 Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English military leader (b. 1402)
1480 René of Anjou, King of Naples (1435-42) and last heir of the House of Anjou, dies at 71
1535 Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded

1559 Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies

1573 Willem van Bronkhorst, Brattenburg/Stein/army leader, dies
1584 William I "the Silent" [William of Orange], Earl of Nassau, assassinated at 51 in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard
1590 Archduke Charles II of Austria (b. 1540)
1621 Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571)

1653 Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
1680 Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist (b. 1643)
1683 François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
1686 Ercole Ferrata, Italian sculptor/restaurateur, dies at 76
1686 John Fell, English churchman (b. 1625)
1690 Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48
1762 Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76
1776 Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)
1806 George Stubbs, British animal painter (Horse Frightened by Lion), dies at 81
1838 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43

1863 Clement Clarke Moore, American Professor and writer ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83
1863 Paul Jones Semmes, American businessman and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 48
1875 Henry L. Benning, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 61
1881 Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (b. 1812)
1889 Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler (1841-45), dies at 69
1902 Albert, King of Saxony (1873-1902), dies at 74
1908 Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar, poet and writer, dies at 78
1910 Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer, discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies at 98
1915 Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Mesdag), dies

1920 Eugénie de Montijo, Emperor of France (1853-71), dies at 94
1920 John A "Jacky" Kilverston, adm/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79
1920 Jackie Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841)
1924 Johannes B van Heutsz, gov-gen of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated at 35
1937 Johan Bernard Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga), dies at 71
1954 Calogero Vizzini, Sicilian Mafia boss, dies at 76
1955 Henry W Methorst, Dutch director (Central Bureau of Statistic), dies
1957 Sholem Asch, Polish-Jewish novelist and playwright (East River, Three Cities), dies at 77
1965 Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66
1970 Bjarni Benediktsson, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (1963-70), dies at 62
1971 Harry M O'Connor, dies of pneumonia at 98
1971 Mohamed Madbouh, Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death
1975 Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77
1981 Ken Rex McElroy, American resident of Skidmore, Missouri known as "the town bully", murdered at 47 in an unsolved killing in front of a crowd of 30-46 in Skidmore's main street
1982 Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79
1985 Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered
1990 Hans Faverey, Dutch poet, dies at 55
1990 Irene Champlin, dies after long illness at 59
1992 Albert Pierrepoint, last and longest serving British executioner (est. 433-608 executed), dies at 87

1993 Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95
1993 Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91
1995 Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74
1996 Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79
2000 Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, Travancore-Cochin Legislative member (b. 1909)
2002 Jean-Pierre Côté, French Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
2003 Winston Graham, English writer (b. 1908)
2003 Hartley Shawcross, British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials (b. 1902)
2003 Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician
2005 A. J. Quinnell [Philip Nicholson], English writer (Man on Fire), dies at 65
2005 Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio performer (b. 1955)
2005 Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin, airshow performers
2006 Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (b. 1965)
2007 Abdul Rashid Ghazi, radical Pakistani cleric (b. 1951)
2007 Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist (Kudzu), dies at 57
2007 Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China (b. 1944)
2008 Hiroaki Aoki, founder of Benihana (b. 1938)
2017 Betty Dukes, American Walmart employee who fought against gender discrimination (2001 Betty Dukes v. Walmart lawsuit) dies at 67
2018 Cliff Downey, Canadian politician (MP, 1968–1972), dies at 89
2021 Gwendolyn Faison, American politician (Mayor of Camden, New Jersey, 2000-10), dies at 96