Famous Personalities Born In April - 10
Saturday, 24 May 2025
1389 Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on April - 10.
1512 On this day in history birth of james V, king of Scotland (1513-42)
1569 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of werner Fabricius, composer
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 On April - 10 birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian
1704 Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766) was born on April - 10.
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 On April - 10 birth of samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy
1762 On this day in history birth of giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
1778 William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of james Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
1797 On this day in history 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 April - 10.
1823 On April - 10 birth of thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) was born on April - 10.
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 James Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on April - 10.
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 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 On this day in history birth of eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)
1864 Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA was born on April - 10.
1865 Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.
1867 On this day in history birth of george William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)