Famous Personalities Born In April - 10
Monday, 18 August 2025
1389 Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on this day in history.
1512 On April - 10 birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)
1569 On April - 10 birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon
1583 On April - 10 birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law
1633 On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer
1651 Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.
1656 René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on April - 10.
1695 On this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian
1704 On April - 10 birth of benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 On April - 10 birth of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
1737 Francois Giroust, composer was born on April - 10.
1755 On April - 10 birth of samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy
1762 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834) was born on April - 10.
1778 William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic was born on April - 10.
1783 Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) was born on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history birth of matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan
1796 On April - 10 birth of james Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) was born on this day in history.
1806 On this day in history birth of leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1808 Auguste Franchomme, composer was born on April - 10.
1823 On this day in history birth of thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1827 On April - 10 birth of lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)
1829 William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) was born on April - 10.
1833 David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 10.
1833 On this day in history birth of james Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1837 Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867) was born on April - 10.
1847 On this day in history birth of charles Swinnerton Heap, composer
1847 On this day in history birth of joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World)
1854 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone was born on April - 10.
1857 On April - 10 birth of henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker
1864 On April - 10 birth of eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)
1864 Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA was born on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history birth of jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
1867 George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.