Famous Personalities Born In April - 10
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1389 Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) was born on this day in history.
1512 James V, king of Scotland (1513-42) was born on this day in history.
1569 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon was born on April - 10.
1583 Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law was born on this day in history.
1633 On April - 10 birth of werner Fabricius, composer
1651 On April - 10 birth of ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
1656 On April - 10 birth of rené Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
1695 Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian was born on April - 10.
1704 On April - 10 birth of benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
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 On April - 10 birth of samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy
1762 On this day in history birth of giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
1778 William Hazlitt, Maidstone Kent England, essayist/critic was born on this day in history.
1783 On April - 10 birth of hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)
1794 On this day in history birth of matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan
1796 On this day in history birth of james Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
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 April - 10.
1808 On this day in history birth of auguste Franchomme, composer
1823 On this day in history birth of thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1827 Lewis Wallace, Major General (Union volunteers)/author (Ben Hur) was born on April - 10.
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 April - 10 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 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 April - 10.
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 this day in history birth of eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)
1864 Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA was born on April - 10.
1865 Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.
1867 George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.