Famous Birthdays In April - 10

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  Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1695  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on this day in history.  

1704  Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766) was born on April - 10.  

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

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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  On this day in history birth of william Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic  

1783  Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) was born on April - 10.  

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

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  On April - 10 birth of lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)  

1829  On this day in history birth of william Booth, founder (Salvation Army)  

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 this day in history birth of forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)  

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  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  On April - 10 birth of tully Marshall, Nevada City CA  

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.  

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0879  On this day in history 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  Death of King Hugh of Italy on April - 10.  

1008  On April - 10 notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies  

1362  On April - 10 machteld, countess of Holland, dies  

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on April - 10.  

1545  On this day in history death of costanzo Festa, Italian composer  

1585  On April - 10 gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies