Famous Birthdays In April - 10

1389  Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on this day in history.  

1512  On April - 10 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  On April - 10 birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)  

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 this day in history birth of balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian  

1704  Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766) was born on April - 10.  

1713  On this day in history birth of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)  

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1737  On this day in history 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  On April - 10 birth of william Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic  

1783  On April - 10 birth of hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)  

1794  Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan was born on April - 10.  

1796  On this day in history birth of james Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)  

1797  Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) was born on April - 10.  

1806  On April - 10 birth of leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

1808  On April - 10 birth of auguste Franchomme, composer  

1823  Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on April - 10.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1854  Jozef M T Orelio, baritone was born on this day in history.  

1857  Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born on April - 10.  

1864  On April - 10 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  Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944) was born on April - 10.  

1867  On this day in history 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  On April - 10 hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies  

0948  Death of King Hugh of Italy on this day in history.  

1008  On this day in history notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies  

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1533  On April - 10 frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61  

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on April - 10.  

1585  On April - 10 gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies