Famous Birthdays In April - 10
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
1389 Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on April - 10.
1512 James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on this day in history.
1569 On April - 10 birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon
1583 On this day in history birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law
1633 Werner Fabricius, composer was born on April - 10.
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 April - 10 birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian
1704 On this day in history 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 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy was born on April - 10.
1762 On this day in history birth of giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
1778 William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic was born on this day in history.
1783 Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) was born on April - 10.
1794 Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan was born on this day in history.
1796 James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1797 On this day in history birth of claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)
1806 Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on April - 10.
1808 Auguste Franchomme, composer was born on this day in history.
1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on April - 10.
1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) was born on this day in history.
1829 William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) was born on this day in history.
1833 David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of charles Swinnerton Heap, composer
1847 Joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) was born on this day in history.
1854 On April - 10 birth of jozef M T Orelio, baritone
1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born on April - 10.
1864 On April - 10 birth of eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)
1864 Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA was born on April - 10.
1865 Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.
1867 George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.