December 10th, 1736

Born on December 10th, 1736

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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 (Finn depicted) 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, 2021

A tornado strikes an Amazon warehouse during increased holiday demand, killing six sheltering workers.

December 10th, 1967

Soul and blues singer, Otis Redding, along with members of his back-up group, The Bar-Kays, are killed when their helicopter crashes in Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin.

December 10th, 1890

The New York World Building, the then-tallest building in the United States at a height of 110 meters, was completed in New York City.

December 10th, 1992

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan establishes the Marriage Fund in the United Arab Emirates in response to rising wedding prices.

December 10th, 1848

Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte won France's first presidential election, and was elected as the first and only president of the French Second Republic.

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.

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

Same year
Born in 1736

83

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

*January 19th, 1736, Greenock †August 25th, 1819, Heathfield Hall

77

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

*January 25th, 1736, Turin †April 10th, 1813, Paris

63

Patrick Henry

American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)

*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Campbell County

70

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

French physicist

*June 14th, 1736, Angoulême †August 23rd, 1806, Paris

76

Petrus Abresch

Dutch author, theologian and university professor

*January 26th, 1736, Middelburg †December 11th, 1812, Groningen

59

James Macpherson

British writer, poet, translator and politician (1736-1796)

*October 27th, 1736, Ruthven †February 17th, 1796, Inverness-shire

81

Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé

French noble (1736-1818)

*August 9th, 1736, Paris †May 13th, 1818, Paris

81

Maria Maximiliana von Stadion

German abbot

*July 21st, 1736, Mainz †January 1st, 1818, Munich

92

Marc-Guillaume Alexis Vadier

French politician

*July 17th, 1736, Pamiers †December 14th, 1828, Brussels metropolitan area

76

Anton Graff

Swiss portrait artist (1736–1813)

*November 18th, 1736, Winterthur †June 22nd, 1813, Dresden

65

George Fordyce

British chemist (1736-1802)

*November 18th, 1736, Aberdeen †May 25th, 1802, London

57

James Mercer

American soldier, jurist and political figure

*February 26th, 1736, Stafford County †October 31st, 1793, Richmond

56

Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

German natural history collector and Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*June 7th, 1736, Rudolstadt †April 13th, 1793, Rudolstadt

48

Ann Lee

English Shaker leader (1736-1784)

*February 29th, 1736, Manchester †September 8th, 1784, Watervliet

75

Dorothea Wendling

German operatic soprano

*March 21st, 1736, Stuttgart †August 20th, 1811, Munich

70

Claude Nicolas Ledoux

French Neoclassical architect (1736-1806)

*March 21st, 1736, Dormans †November 19th, 1806, Paris

43

Helfrich Peter Sturz

German author (1736-1779)

*February 16th, 1736, Darmstadt †November 12th, 1779, Bremen

80

Izabela Lubomirska

Polish princess and art collector (1736-1816)

*May 21st, 1736, Warsaw †November 25th, 1816, Vienna

64

Leopold von Clary und Aldringen

(1736-1800)

*January 2nd, 1736, Malá Strana †November 23rd, 1800, Vienna

62

Charles-Joseph Panckoucke

French writer and publisher

*November 26th, 1736, Lille †December 19th, 1798, Paris

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Leap year

Yes: 1736 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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