Famous Personalities Born In October - 10
Friday, 19 September 2025
1344 On this day in history birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)
1486 Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on October - 10.
1567 Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on October - 10.
1599 On October - 10 birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)
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 On October - 10 birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)
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 this day in history.
1757 Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens) was born on October - 10.
1779 On this day in history birth of antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP
1780 John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (d. 1844) was born on this day in history.
1790 On this day in history birth of george Gerson, composer
1794 William Whiting Boardman, American politician (d. 1871) was born on October - 10.
1804 On October - 10 birth of albin Masek, composer
1813 Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history birth of christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist/founder KNMI
1819 On this day in history 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 Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890) was born on October - 10.
1829 Dandridge McRae, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.
1830 Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68) was born on this day in history.
1832 Theodore Shelton Bowers, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1866 was born on this day in history.
1834 Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finland, writer/poet (Nummisuutarit) was born on October - 10.
1847 On October - 10 birth of gheorghe Dima, composer
1854 Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer was born on October - 10.
1861 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922) was born on this day in history.
1862 On October - 10 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 T. Frank Appleby, United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.
1865 Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.