Famous Birthdays In October - 10

1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on this day in history.  

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on October - 10.  

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

1599  On this day in history birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)  

1678  On this day in history birth of john Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707)  

1684  On this day in history birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)  

1700  Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) was born on October - 10.  

1713  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer  

1731  Henry Cavendish, England, physicist/chemist (discovered hydrogen) was born on this day in history.  

1738  Benjamin West, painter (Death of General Wolfe) was born on this day in history.  

1757  On October - 10 birth of erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens)  

1779  On this day in history birth of antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP  

1780  On this day in history birth of john Abercrombie, Scottish physician (d. 1844)  

1790  On this day in history birth of george Gerson, composer  

1794  On October - 10 birth of william Whiting Boardman, American politician (d. 1871)  

1804  On this day in history birth of albin Masek, composer  

1813  Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.  

1817  On October - 10 birth of christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist/founder KNMI  

1819  On October - 10 birth of zebulon York, Brig general (Confederate Army), died in 1900  

1823  On October - 10 birth of theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer  

1825  Paulus Kruger, Pres of South African Republic (1883), Boer leader was born on this day in history.  

1828  On October - 10 birth of samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890)  

1829  On October - 10 birth of dandridge McRae, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1830  On October - 10 birth of isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68)  

1832  On this day in history birth of theodore Shelton Bowers, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1866  

1834  Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finland, writer/poet (Nummisuutarit) was born on October - 10.  

1847  On this day in history birth of gheorghe Dima, composer  

1854  Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer was born on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history birth of fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922)  

1862  On this day in history birth of arthur De Greef, composer  

1863  On this day in history birth of louis Cyr, French Canadian strongman (d. 1912)  

1863  On this day in history birth of helen Dunbar, American actress (d. 1933)  

1864  T. Frank Appleby, United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. 1924) was born on October - 10.  

1865  On October - 10 birth of raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal  

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0019  On this day in history julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33  

0413  On October - 10 death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57  

0680  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on October - 10.  

0732  On October - 10 death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia  

0833  On October - 10 death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)  

1359  On this day in history death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)  

1616  On this day in history maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60  

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on this day in history.