Famous Birthdays In April - 10

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

1512  On this day in history birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)  

1569  On this day in history birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon  

1583  Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on April - 10.  

1633  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on this day in history.  

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on April - 10.  

1656  On April - 10 birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)  

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)  

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1737  On this day in history birth of francois Giroust, composer  

1755  On April - 10 birth of samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy  

1762  On April - 10 birth of giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)  

1778  William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic was born on this day in history.  

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

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 April - 10 birth of claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)  

1806  On this day in history birth of leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

1808  On April - 10 birth of auguste Franchomme, composer  

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

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 April - 10.  

1833  On this day in history birth of david McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1833  James Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on April - 10.  

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  Joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) was born on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history birth of jozef M T Orelio, baritone  

1857  Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born on April - 10.  

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

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 April - 10.  

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

0947  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on April - 10.  

0948  On this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy  

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on this day in history.  

1362  On this day in history machteld, countess of Holland, dies  

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

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on April - 10.  

1585  Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.