Famous Birthdays In April - 10

1389  On April - 10 birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)  

1512  James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on this day in history.  

1569  On this day in history 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  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on this day in history.  

1651  On April - 10 birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)  

1656  René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on April - 10.  

1695  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on April - 10.  

1704  On April - 10 birth of benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)  

1713  John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788) was born on this day in history.  

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1737  Francois Giroust, composer was born on April - 10.  

1755  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy was born on April - 10.  

1762  Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834) was born on April - 10.  

1778  On April - 10 birth of william Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic  

1783  On April - 10 birth of hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)  

1794  On April - 10 birth of matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan  

1796  On this day in history birth of james Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)  

1797  Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) was born on April - 10.  

1806  Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on April - 10.  

1808  Auguste Franchomme, composer was born on April - 10.  

1823  On April - 10 birth of thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1827  On this day in history 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 April - 10 birth of james Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862  

1837  On April - 10 birth of forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)  

1847  On April - 10 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 this day in history.  

1857  On April - 10 birth of henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker  

1864  Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem) was born on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history birth of tully Marshall, Nevada City CA  

1865  Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

1867  On April - 10 birth of george William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)  

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0879  On April - 10 louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies  

0947  On this day in history hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies  

0948  On April - 10 death of king Hugh of Italy  

1008  On this day in history notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies  

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on April - 10.  

1533  On April - 10 frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61  

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on this day in history.  

1585  On this day in history gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies