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Apr 10 1512

James V King of Scotland (1513-42) born in Linlithgow Palace Linlithgow Scotland (d. 1542)

Apr 10 1569

Emilia van Nassau daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon born in Cologne Germany (d. 1629)

Apr 10 1583

Hugo Grotius Dutch jurist father of international law born in Delft Holland (d. 1645)

Apr 10 1633

Werner Fabricius German composer born in Itzehoe Germany (d. 1679)

Apr 10 1651

Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus German mathematician (Tschirnhaus transformation) born in Kieslingswalde Margraviate Upper Lusatia Saxony (d. 1708)

Apr 10 1656

Ren Lepage de Ste-Claire lord-founder of the town of Rimouski in New France born in Ouanne Burgundy France (d. 1718)

Apr 10 1695

Balthazar Huydecoper Dutch translator and historian born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1778)

Apr 10 1704

Benjamin Heath English classical scholar born in Exeter Devon England (d. 1766)

Apr 10 1713

John Whitehurst English clockmaker and scientist born in Congleton Cheshire England (d. 1788)

Apr 10 1737

Francois Giroust French composer born in Paris (d. 1799)

Apr 10 1741

Baslio da Gama Portuguese poet (O Uraguai) born in Tiradentes Minas Gerais Colony of Brazil (d. 1795)

Apr 10 1755

Samuel Hahnemann German physician originator of homeopathy born in Meissen Dresden (d. 1843)

Apr 10 1762

Giovanni Aldini Italian physicist born in Bologna (d. 1834)

Apr 10 1778

William Hazlitt English essayist and critic born in Kent England (d. 1830)

Apr 10 1783

Hortense de Beauharnais French Queen of Holland (1806-10) born in Paris (d. 1837)

Apr 10 1796

James Bowie American pioneer and soldier (Texas Revolution) born in Logan Kentucky (d. 1836)

Apr 10 1797

Claude Ambroise Seurat Frenchman exhibited in England as Human Skeleton born in Champaigne France (d. 1826)

Apr 10 1806

Leonidas Polk Lt. Gen. (Confederate Army) born in Raleigh North Carolina (d. 1864)

Apr 10 1808

Auguste Franchomme French cellist and composer born in Lille France (d. 1884)

Apr 10 1823

Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Jefferson County Georgia (d. 1862)

Apr 10 1827

Lewis Lew Wallace American author (Ben-Hur) and Major General (Union Army) born in Brookville Indiana (d. 1905)

Apr 10 1829

William Booth English preacher and founder (Salvation Army) born in Sneinton Nottingham England (d. 1912)

Apr 10 1833

David McMurtrie Gregg American diplomat and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Huntingdon Pennsylvania (d. 1916)

Apr 10 1833

James Edward Rains American lawyer and Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1862)

Apr 10 1837

Forceythe Willson American poet (The Old Sergeant) born in Little Genesee New York (d. 1867)

Apr 10 1847

Charles Swinnerton Heap English composer born in Birmingham England (d. 1900)

Apr 10 1847

Joseph Pulitzer Hungarian publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch NY World) born in Mak Kingdom of Hungary Austrian Empire (d. 1911)

Apr 10 1857

Henry Ernest Dudeney English mathematician and puzzle maker born in Mayfield East Sussex England (d. 1930)

Apr 10 1864

Eugene Francis Charles DAlbert German pianist and composer (Golem) born in Glasgow Scotland (d. 1932)

Apr 10 1864

Tully Marshall American actor (Lets Go Red Dust) born in Nevada City California (d. 1943)

Apr 10 1865

Jack Miner Canadian naturalist and conservationist born in Dover Center Ohio (d. 1944)

Apr 10 1867

George William Russell Irish nationalist poet and artist born in Lurgan County Armagh Ireland (d. 1935)

Apr 10 1877

Alfred Kubin Austrian writer and illustrator born in Leitmeritz Bohemia (d. 1959)

Apr 10 1407 Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma

Apr 10 1516 1st Jewish ghetto established Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area

Apr 10 1607 The British colonial expedition that would found Jamestown departs Puerto Rico for the American mainland

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