Famous Personalities Born In April - 10
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
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 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on this day in history.
1583 On April - 10 birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law
1633 On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer
1651 Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on April - 10.
1656 On April - 10 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 John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788) was born on this day in history.
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 April - 10.
1778 On this day in history 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 April - 10 birth of matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan
1796 On April - 10 birth of james Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
1797 On April - 10 birth of claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)
1806 On this day in history birth of leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1808 Auguste Franchomme, composer was born on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 April - 10.
1837 On April - 10 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 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone was born on this day in history.
1857 On this day in history 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 On April - 10 birth of jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
1867 George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.