Famous Birthdays In April - 10

1389  Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on this day in history.  

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

1569  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on April - 10.  

1583  On this day in history birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law  

1633  On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer  

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

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  Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.  

1713  On April - 10 birth of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)  

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1737  On April - 10 birth of francois Giroust, composer  

1755  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1783  Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) was born on this day in history.  

1794  Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan was born on April - 10.  

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

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 this day in history birth of auguste Franchomme, composer  

1823  Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1833  On April - 10 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  On April - 10 birth of forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)  

1847  Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer was born on April - 10.  

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  On this day in history birth of eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)  

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

1865  Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944) was born on April - 10.  

1867  On this day in history 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  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer  

1585  Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies on April - 10.