What happened on July 10 ?

138 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor (b. 76)

1099 - El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044)

1103 - King Eric I of Denmark

1298 - King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)

1460 - Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English military leader (b. 1402)

1480 - King René I of Naples (b. 1410)

1559 - King Henry II of France (b. 1519)

1584 - William I of Orange (b. 1533)

1590 - Archduke Charles II of Austria (b. 1540)

1594 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (b. 1554)

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 - John Fell, English churchman (b. 1625)

1776 - Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)

1806 - George Stubbs, British painter (b. 1724)

1884 - Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)

1908 - Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (b. 1839)

1920 - Jackie Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841)

1941 - Jelly Roll Morton, American musician (b. 1890)

1970 - Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (b. 1908)

1978 - John D Rockefeller III, American businessman (b. 1906)

1978 - Joe Davis, English snooker player (b. 1901)

1979 - Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (b. 1894)

1987 - John Hammond, American record producer (b. 1910)

1989 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor, voiced Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Barny Rubble, etc. (b. 1908)

1997 - Joe Camel, Cartoon mascot for Camel cigarettes (b. 1950s)

2003 - Winston Graham, English writer (b. 1908)

2003 - Hartley Shawcross, British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials (b. 1902)

2005 - A.J. Quinnell, English writer (b. 1940)

2005 - Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio performer (b. 1955)

2005 - Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)