Famous Personalities Born In May - 10
Friday, 18 July 2025
1265 On this day in history birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1536 Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on this day in history.
1604 Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.
1697 Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on May - 10.
1705 On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer
1724 On this day in history birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
1727 On this day in history birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
1730 George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on May - 10.
1741 On May - 10 birth of johann Michael Schmidt, composer
1746 On this day in history birth of gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
1754 On this day in history birth of asmus Jakob Carstens, painter
1760 On this day in history birth of claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)
1760 J P Hebel, writer was born on May - 10.
1769 On May - 10 birth of jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
1770 On May - 10 birth of louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)
1775 On May - 10 birth of robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)
1776 George Thomas Smart, composer was born on May - 10.
1780 On May - 10 birth of peter Lichtenthal, composer
1783 Niccola Benvenuti, composer was born on May - 10.
1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist was born on May - 10.
1788 Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819) was born on May - 10.
1795 On this day in history birth of jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
1800 On May - 10 birth of nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
1810 On May - 10 birth of james Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1813 On this day in history birth of montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)
1822 August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter was born on this day in history.
1823 John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history birth of charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1825 On this day in history birth of rudolf Viole, composer
1830 Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult) was born on this day in history.
1837 Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) was born on this day in history.
1838 James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman was born on this day in history.
1838 John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln) was born on this day in history.
1840 On May - 10 birth of hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)