Who died on May 10

62 people with a Wikipedia article died on May 10, including Katherine Swynford, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

56 documented historical events happened on May 10, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Chinese astronomers during the Han dynasty made the first precisely dated observation of a sunspot. On the same day, in another year: Dutch explorer Pieter Nuyts was appointed governor of Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) by the Dutch East India Company. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.