Famous Birthdays In April - 10
Friday, 26 July 2024
1389 Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on April - 10.
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 On April - 10 birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law
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 this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian
1704 Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.
1713 On this day in history birth of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
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 this day in history 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 James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836) was born on April - 10.
1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) was born on April - 10.
1806 Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.
1808 Auguste Franchomme, composer was born on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history 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 On April - 10 birth of william Booth, founder (Salvation Army)
1833 David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 10.
1833 On April - 10 birth of james Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1837 Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.
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 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone was born on April - 10.
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 April - 10.
1864 Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA was born on April - 10.
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)