Famous Birthdays In April - 10

1389  On this day in history birth of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)   

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 this day in history birth of hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law   

1633  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on April - 10.   

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1656  René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718) was born on April - 10.   

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

1704  Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 10.   

1762  Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1796  James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836) was born on April - 10.   

1797  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of auguste Franchomme, composer   

1823  On April - 10 birth of thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1827  Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) was born on this day in history.   

1829  On April - 10 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  Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.   

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

1857  On this day in history birth of henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker   

1864  On April - 10 birth of eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)   

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.   

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0879  On this day in history louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies   

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

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

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