Famous Birthdays In April - 10
Friday, 22 September 2023
1389 On April - 10 birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1512 James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
1695 On April - 10 birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian
1704 On this day in history birth of benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 On April - 10 birth of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
1737 On April - 10 birth of francois Giroust, composer
1755 On April - 10 birth of samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy
1762 On April - 10 birth of giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
1778 William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic was born on April - 10.
1783 Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) was born on this day in history.
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 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 On April - 10 birth of auguste Franchomme, composer
1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on April - 10.
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 On this day in history birth of david McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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 April - 10.
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 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone was born on this day in history.
1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1865 On this day in history birth of jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
1867 On April - 10 birth of george William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)