December 10th, 1708

Born on December 10th, 1708

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 10th?

December 10th, 1901

On the fifth anniversary of the death of their founder, Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm.

December 10th, 1898

The Spanish–American War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris, with Spain recognizing the independence of Cuba and ceding Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico to the United States.

December 10th, 1884

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American author Mark Twain was first published in the United Kingdom and Canada, two months earlier than in the US.

December 10th, 1861

Militia forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial leader in southern Vietnam, sank the French lorcha L'Esperance.

December 10th, 1847

"Il Canto degli Italiani", the Italian national anthem since 1946, made its public debut in Genoa.

December 10th, 1768

The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was released in Edinburgh.

December 10th, 1684

Edmond Halley presented the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, containing Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, to the Royal Society.

December 10th, 1508

The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice.

December 10th, 1993

The video game Doom, later considered the "father" of the first-person shooter genre, is released.

December 10th, 1989

At the first open pro-democracy demonstration in Mongolia, journalist Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announced the formation of the Mongolian Democratic Union, which would be instrumental in ending communist rule four months later.

December 10th, 1983

Raúl Alfonsín (pictured) became the first democratically elected president of Argentina to take office after more than seven years of military dictatorship.

December 10th, 1970

Around the northern Thai village of Mae Salong, remnants of Chinese anti-communist forces now fighting on behalf of the Thai government launched a five-year campaign against local communist insurgents.

December 10th, 1942

Edward Raczyński of the Polish government-in-exile issued a note that was the first official report on the Holocaust.

December 10th, 1941

Second World War: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers east of Malaya.

December 10th, 1936

Edward VIII, desiring to marry the American socialite Wallis Simpson against widespread British opposition, signed the instrument of abdication to renounce the throne in favour of his brother George VI.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 10th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 10th?

37

Natti Natasha

Dominican singer

*December 10th, 1986, Santiago de los Caballeros

36

Ada Lovelace

English mathematician (1815–1852)

*December 10th, 1815, London †November 27th, 1852, Marylebone

55

Emily Dickinson

American poet (1830-1886)

*December 10th, 1830, Amherst †May 15th, 1886, Amherst

67

César Franck

Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)

*December 10th, 1822, Liège †November 8th, 1890, Paris

74

Evelyn Opoczynski

German actress

*December 10th, 1949, Berlin

76

Louis-Philippe de Ségur

French diplomat (1753-1830)

*December 10th, 1753, Paris †August 27th, 1830, Paris

63

Kenneth Branagh

British actor and filmmaker

*December 10th, 1960, Belfast

83

Olivier Messiaen

French composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992)

*December 10th, 1908, Avignon †April 27th, 1992, Clichy

27

Jonas Vingegaard

Danish cyclist (born 1996)

*December 10th, 1996, Hillerslev

80

Jean Byron

American actress

*December 10th, 1925, Paducah †February 3rd, 2006, Mobile

78

Nelly Sachs

Jewish German poet and playwright

*December 10th, 1891, Schöneberg †May 12th, 1970, Stockholm

82

Fionnula Flanagan

Irish actress

*December 10th, 1941, Dublin

34

Marion Maréchal

French politician

*December 10th, 1989, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

62

Maurice Hennequin

French playwright and writer

*December 10th, 1863, Liège †September 3rd, 1926, Montreux

66

Ken Campbell

British actor, director and writer (1941-2008)

*December 10th, 1941, Ilford †August 31st, 2008, Loughton

69

Florentin Smarandache

American mathematician

*December 10th, 1954, Romania

86

Johann Christian Wentzinger

18th century German artist (1710-1797)

*December 10th, 1710, Ehrenkirchen †July 1st, 1797, Freiburg im Breisgau

60

Marek Grechuta

Polish singer and composer (1945-2006)

*December 10th, 1945, Zamość †October 9th, 2006, Kraków

46

Thomas Klitgaard

Danish handball player

*December 10th, 1977, Aalborg

77

Eberhard Aurich

German politician

*December 10th, 1946, Chemnitz

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69

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768

*November 15th, 1708, London †May 11th, 1778, London Borough of Bromley

56

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany

*December 8th, 1708, Nancy †August 18th, 1765, Innsbruck

75

Johann Jakob Zeiller

Austrian painter

*July 8th, 1708, Reutte †July 8th, 1783, Reutte

20

Anna Petrovna of Russia

Elder daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and Catherine I of Russia

*February 27th, 1708, Moscow †May 4th, 1728, Kiel

59

Daniel Gralath

18th century physicist and mayor of Gdansk

*May 30th, 1708, Gdańsk †July 23rd, 1767, Gdańsk

63

Georg Reutter II

Austrian composer (1708–1772)

*April 6th, 1708, Vienna †March 11th, 1772, Vienna

81

Jean Chastel

French farmer (1708-1789)

*March 31st, 1708, La Besseyre-Saint-Mary †January 1st, 1790, France

61

Johann Caspar Richter

German merchant (1708-1770)

*September 16th, 1708, Leipzig †August 7th, 1770, Leipzig

79

Pompeo Batoni

Italian painter 1708-1787

*January 25th, 1708, Lucca †February 4th, 1787, Rome

69

Albrecht von Haller

Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet (1708-1777)

*October 16th, 1708, Bern †December 12th, 1777, Bern

80

Christian Andreas von Cothenius

German botanist (1708-1789)

*February 14th, 1708, Anklam †January 5th, 1789, Berlin

47

Caspar Ruetz

German musicologist

*March 21st, 1708, Wismar †December 21st, 1755, Lübeck

67

Egidio Duni

Italian composer

*February 11th, 1708, Matera †June 11th, 1775, Paris

55

Josef Bonaventura Pitter

Czech Roman Catholic priest

*November 5th, 1708, Třebechovice pod Orebem †May 15th, 1764, Rajhrad

50

Charles Hanbury Williams

British politician, diplomat and poet (1708-1759)

*December 8th, 1708, London †November 2nd, 1759, London

81

Pierre Lyonnet

Dutch artist, art collector and scientist

*July 22nd, 1708, Maastricht †October 10th, 1789, The Hague

53

Johann Georg Walther

German author

*April 3rd, 1708, Leśna †October 15th, 1761, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

69

André Jordan

20 Dec 1708 - 13 Sep 1778

*December 20th, 1708, Berlin †September 13th, 1778, Berlin

19

Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne

French noblewoman

*November 24th, 1708, France †July 28th, 1728, Hilpoltstein

83

Giovanni Salvemini

Italian mathematician

*January 15th, 1708, Castiglion Fiorentino †October 11th, 1791, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1708 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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