Famous Birthdays In April - 10

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

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

1569  On April - 10 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 April - 10.  

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

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  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  John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788) was born on April - 10.  

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1737  On April - 10 birth of francois Giroust, composer  

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

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  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 April - 10.  

1796  On April - 10 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 April - 10 birth of leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

1808  Auguste Franchomme, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1827  Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) was born on April - 10.  

1829  William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) was born on this day in history.  

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

1833  On this day in history birth of james Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862  

1837  Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867) was born on April - 10.  

1847  On April - 10 birth of charles Swinnerton Heap, composer  

1847  Joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) was born on April - 10.  

1854  On April - 10 birth of jozef M T Orelio, baritone  

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 April - 10.  

1864  On April - 10 birth of tully Marshall, Nevada City CA  

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.  

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

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

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

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

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