Famous Personalities Born In April - 10

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

1512  On this day in history 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  Werner Fabricius, composer was born on April - 10.   

1651  Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708) was born on April - 10.   

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

1695  Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 10 birth of francois Giroust, composer   

1755  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy was born on this day in history.   

1762  On this day in history birth of giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)   

1778  On April - 10 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 this day in history birth of matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan   

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

1808  Auguste Franchomme, composer was born on April - 10.   

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  David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history birth of james Edward Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1837  On this day in history birth of forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)   

1847  Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer was born on April - 10.   

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 April - 10 birth of henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker   

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

1864  On this day in history birth of tully Marshall, Nevada City CA   

1865  On this day in history birth of jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)   

1867  On this day in history birth of george William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)   

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0879  On April - 10 louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies   

0947  Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies on April - 10.   

0948  On this day in history death of king Hugh of Italy   

1008  Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies on April - 10.   

1362  Machteld, countess of Holland, dies on April - 10.   

1533  Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 on April - 10.   

1545  Death of Costanzo Festa, Italian composer on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies