Famous Birthdays In April - 10

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  On this day in history birth of emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon  

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

1633  On April - 10 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 this day in history.  

1695  On April - 10 birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian  

1704  On April - 10 birth of benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)  

1713  John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788) was born on this day in history.  

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1737  On this day in history birth of francois Giroust, composer  

1755  On this day in history birth of samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy  

1762  Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834) was born on April - 10.  

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 April - 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 April - 10.  

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  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  William Booth, founder (Salvation Army) was born on April - 10.  

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  On this day in history birth of forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)  

1847  Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer was born on this day in history.  

1847  Joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) was born on this day in history.  

1854  On April - 10 birth of jozef M T Orelio, baritone  

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 April - 10.  

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)  

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0879  Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies on April - 10.  

0947  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on this day in history.  

0948  Death of King Hugh of Italy on April - 10.  

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on this day in history.  

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on April - 10.  

1533  On this day in history frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61  

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on this day in history.  

1585  On this day in history gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies