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Jul 10 1419

Emperor Go-Hanazono 102nd Emperor of Japan (d. 1471)

Jul 10 1452

James III King of Scots (1460-88) born in Stirling or St Andrews Castles (d. 1488)

Jul 10 1517

Odet de Coligny Cardinal of Chtillon and count of Beauvais born in Chtillon-Coligny France (d. 1571)

Jul 10 1592

Pierre dHozier French genealogist born in Marseille France (d. 1660)

Jul 10 1614

Arthur Annesley 1st Earl of Anglesey English royalist statesman born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1686)

Jul 10 1625

Jean Herauld Gourville French adventurer born in La Rochefoucauld France (d. 1703)

Jul 10 1638

David Teniers III Flemish painter born in Antwerp Belgium (d. 1685)

Jul 10 1666

John Ernest Grabe German-born Anglican theologian born in Knigsberg (d. 1711)

Jul 10 1682

Bartholomus Ziegenbalg German Lutheran missionary to India born in Pulsnitz Saxony (d. 1719)

Jul 10 1682

Roger Cotes English mathematician (NewtonCotes formulas) born in Burbage Leicestershire England (d. 1716)

Jul 10 1697

Francois Hanot French composer and violinist born in Dunkirk (d. 1770)

Jul 10 1711

Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain second daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach born in Herrenhausen Palace Hanover (d. 1783)

Jul 10 1736

Maria Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh born in St Jamess Westminster Middlesex (d. 1807)

Jul 10 1759

Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz German composer (d. 1838)

Jul 10 1778

Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm Austrian composer and royal chaplain master born in Salzburg Austria (d. 1858)

Jul 10 1779

Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini Italian violinist and composer born in Pesaro Italy (d. 1858)

Jul 10 1792

George Mifflin Dallas American politician (11th Vice President of the United States) and United States Minister to Russia born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1864)

Jul 10 1797

Piet [Petrus Lafras] Uys South African pioneer (Great Pull) born in Potberg Swellendam South Africa (d. 1838)

Jul 10 1804

Emma Smith Inaugural President of the Womens Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints born in Harmony Township Pennsylvania (d. 1879)

Jul 10 1808

Solomon Northup American abolitionist and author (12 Years a Slave) born Minerva New York (or 10 Jul 1807) (d. 1863)

Jul 10 1809

Friedrich August Quenstedt German geologist and paleontologist born in Eisleben Saxony (d. 1889)

Jul 10 1818

John Stuart Williams American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Mount Sterling Kentucky (d. 1898)

Jul 10 1820

Andrew Porter American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Lancaster Pennsylvania (d. 1872)

Jul 10 1821

Christopher Columbus Augur American Major General (Union Army) born in Kendall New York (d. 1898)

Jul 10 1824

Rudolf von Bennigsen German lawyer and politician born in Lneburg Hanover (d. 1902)

Jul 10 1826

Theodore Lajarte French writer on music and composer born in Bordeaux France (d. 1890)

Jul 10 1832

Alvan Graham Clark American telescope maker and astronomer (Sirius B) born in Fall River Massachusetts (d. 1897)

Jul 10 1833

Lucius E. Polk American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Salisbury North Carolina (d. 1892)

Jul 10 1834

James Abbott McNeill Whistler American-British painter (Whistlers Mother) born in Lowell Massachusetts (d. 1903)

Jul 10 1835

Henryk Wieniawski Polish violinist and composer (Souv de Moscou) born in Lubin Poland (d. 1880)

Jul 10 1839

Adolphus Busch German-born American brewer (Anheuser-Busch) born in Mainz Hesse Germany (d. 1913)

Jul 10 1852

Alfred von Kiderlen-Wchter German foreign minister born in Stuttgart Wrttemberg Germany (d. 1912)

Jul 10 1854

James T. Kelley Irish actor (The Rink The Immigrant) born in Castlebar Ireland (d. 1933)

Jul 10 1040 Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry according to legend to force her husband the Earl of Mercia to lower taxes

Jul 10 1212 The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground

Jul 10 1376 English Good Parliament ends longest-sitting parliament at that time

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