Famous Birthdays In October - 10

1344  On October - 10 birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)  

1486  On October - 10 birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy  

1567  On this day in history birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)  

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on October - 10.  

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on October - 10.  

1684  On this day in history birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)  

1700  Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) was born on October - 10.  

1713  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer  

1731  Henry Cavendish, England, physicist/chemist (discovered hydrogen) was born on October - 10.  

1738  Benjamin West, painter (Death of General Wolfe) was born on October - 10.  

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1757  Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens) was born on this day in history.  

1779  On October - 10 birth of antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP  

1780  John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (d. 1844) was born on October - 10.  

1790  On this day in history birth of george Gerson, composer  

1794  William Whiting Boardman, American politician (d. 1871) was born on this day in history.  

1804  On October - 10 birth of albin Masek, composer  

1813  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)  

1817  On this day in history birth of christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist/founder KNMI  

1819  On October - 10 birth of zebulon York, Brig general (Confederate Army), died in 1900  

1823  On this day in history birth of theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer  

1825  On October - 10 birth of paulus Kruger, Pres of South African Republic (1883), Boer leader  

1828  On this day in history birth of samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890)  

1829  On this day in history birth of dandridge McRae, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1830  On this day in history birth of isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68)  

1832  On October - 10 birth of theodore Shelton Bowers, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1866  

1834  On this day in history birth of aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finland, writer/poet (Nummisuutarit)  

1847  Gheorghe Dima, composer was born on this day in history.  

1854  Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer was born on this day in history.  

1861  On October - 10 birth of fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922)  

1862  On this day in history birth of arthur De Greef, composer  

1863  On this day in history birth of louis Cyr, French Canadian strongman (d. 1912)  

1863  On this day in history birth of helen Dunbar, American actress (d. 1933)  

1864  On this day in history birth of t. Frank Appleby, United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. 1924)  

1865  Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.  

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0019  On this day in history julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33  

0413  On October - 10 death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57  

0680  On October - 10 death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded  

0732  On October - 10 death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia  

0833  On October - 10 death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)  

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on October - 10.  

1616  Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on this day in history.