Famous Personalities Born In April - 10
Thursday, 30 October 2025
1389 On this day in history birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) 

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

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

1583 Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on April - 10. 

1633 On this day in history birth of werner Fabricius, composer 

1651 On this day in history birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) 

1656 René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on April - 10. 

1695 Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on April - 10. 

1704 On this day in history birth of benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766) 

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 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 this day in history birth of hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) 

1794 On this day in history 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 April - 10 birth of claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) 

1806 Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history. 

1808 On this day in history birth of auguste Franchomme, composer 

1823 On this day in history birth of thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) 

1827 On this day in history 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 April - 10. 

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

1837 On April - 10 birth of forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867) 

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 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone was born on April - 10. 

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 On April - 10 birth of jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944) 

1867 George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935) was born on April - 10. 

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