Famous Birthdays In April - 10
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1389 Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on April - 10.
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 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 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 April - 10.
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 April - 10 birth of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
1737 Francois Giroust, composer was born on this day in history.
1755 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy was born on this day in history.
1762 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834) was born on this day in history.
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 April - 10.
1796 James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) was born on this day in history.
1806 Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.
1808 Auguste Franchomme, composer was born on April - 10.
1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.
1827 On April - 10 birth of lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur)
1829 On April - 10 birth of william Booth, founder (Salvation Army)
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 this day in history.
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 April - 10 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 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 Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA was born on April - 10.
1865 Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944) was born on April - 10.
1867 George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935) was born on April - 10.