July 10th, 1796

Born on July 10th, 1796

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

July 10th, 1941

The Holocaust: Ethnic Poles murdered at least 340 Jewish residents of Jedwabne in German-occupied Poland.

July 10th, 1940

Second World War: The Battle of Britain, in which the Royal Air Force defended the UK from attacks by the German Luftwaffe, began.

July 10th, 1925

Indian mystic and spiritual master Meher Baba began his silence until his death in 1969, only communicating by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures.

July 10th, 1921

Irish War of Independence: One day after a truce was agreed between the Irish Republican Army and British forces, violence broke out between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast.

July 10th, 1913

The air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 °F (56.7 °C), recognized by the World Meteorological Organization as the highest recorded on Earth.

July 10th, 1806

Indian sepoys mutinied against the East India Company at Vellore Fort.

July 10th, 1800

Lord Wellesley, Governor-General of India, founded Fort William College in Calcutta.

July 10th, 1645

English Civil War: The Parliamentarians destroyed the last Royalist field army at the Battle of Langport, ultimately giving Parliament control of the west of England.

July 10th, 1553

Lady Jane Grey (pictured) was proclaimed the successor to King Edward VI of England, beginning her disputed reign as the "Nine Days' Queen".

July 10th, 1372

The Treaty of Tagilde was signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which remains in effect today.

July 10th, 2018

The last members of a junior association football team and their coach were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a flooded cave in northern Thailand.

July 10th, 2011

The last edition of the British tabloid News of the World was published, closing due to allegations that it hacked the voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, victims of the 7/7 attacks and relatives of deceased British soldiers.

July 10th, 2006

Typhoon Ewiniar made landfall over Korea, potentially causing thousands of deaths in North Korea.

July 10th, 1999

The United States defeated China in the final match of the FIFA Women's World Cup, setting records in both attendance and television ratings for women's sports.

July 10th, 1973

John Paul Getty III, a grandson of the American oil magnate J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped in Rome.

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

Born on July 10th, 1796

52

María Josefa García Granados

Guatemalan writer

*July 10th, 1796, El Puerto de Santa María †July 28th, 1848, Guatemala City

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34

Richi Puspita Dili

Indonesian badminton player

*July 10th, 1989, Sleman

86

Nikola Tesla

Serbian-American inventor (1856–1943)

*July 10th, 1856, Smiljan †January 7th, 1943, New York City

51

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

*July 10th, 1871, 16th arrondissement of Paris †November 18th, 1922, 16th arrondissement of Paris

58

Carl Frederik Bricka

Danish biographer and historian

*July 10th, 1845, Copenhagen †August 23rd, 1903, Copenhagen

33

Elena Runggaldier

Italian ski jumper

*July 10th, 1990, Bolzano

31

Clara Luciani

French singer-songwriter and guitarist

*July 10th, 1992, Martigues

72

George M. Dallas

Vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849

*July 10th, 1792, Philadelphia †December 31st, 1864, Philadelphia

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

98

Mahathir Mohamad

Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020

*July 10th, 1925, Alor Setar

33

Miguel Lafuente Alcántara

Spanish historian

*July 10th, 1817, Archidona †August 27th, 1850, Havana

28

Yugo Kobayashi

Badminton player

*July 10th, 1995, Miyagi Prefecture

27

Saori Ozaki

Japanese badminton player

*July 10th, 1996, Saitama Prefecture

52

Astrid Crabo

Badminton player

*July 10th, 1971, Täby

46

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Britain actor (born 1977)

*July 10th, 1977, Forest Gate

73

Camille Pissarro

Danish-French painter (1830—1903)

*July 10th, 1830, Charlotte Amalie †November 13th, 1903, Paris

38

Mario Gómez

German association football player

*July 10th, 1985, Riedlingen

65

Fiona Shaw

Irish actress (born 1958)

*July 10th, 1958, County Cork

72

Rajnath Singh

Indian politician

*July 10th, 1951, Chandauli district

72

Phyllis Smith

American actress

*July 10th, 1951, Lemay

43

Jessica Simpson

American singer

*July 10th, 1980, Abilene

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71

Franz Berwald

Swedish composer

*July 23rd, 1796, Stockholm †April 3rd, 1868, Stockholm

58

Nicholas I of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1796-1855)

*June 25th, 1796, Gatchina Palace †February 18th, 1855, Winter Palace

39

James Bowie

Nineteenth-century American pioneer, soldier, smuggler, slave trader, and land speculator, played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution

*April 10th, 1796, Logan County †March 6th, 1836, Alamo Mission in San Antonio

77

Adolphe Quetelet

Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist (1796-1874)

*February 22nd, 1796, Ghent †February 17th, 1874, City of Brussels

70

Thomas Bulfinch

American writer and mythologist (1796-1867)

*July 15th, 1796, Newton †May 27th, 1867, Boston

66

Edward Gibbon Wakefield

New Zealand politician (1796-1862)

*March 20th, 1796, London †May 16th, 1862, Wellington

53

Michał Mycielski

Brigadier general

*June 24th, 1796, Berlin †September 27th, 1849, Maincy

80

Christian Winther

Danish lyric poet (1796-1876)

*July 29th, 1796, Zealand †December 30th, 1876, Paris

36

Nicolas Carnot

French physicist, the "father of thermodynamics" (1796–1832)

*June 1st, 1796, Paris †August 24th, 1832, Paris

78

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching (1796-1875)

*July 16th, 1796, Paris †February 22nd, 1875, Paris

43

Charles Follen

German-American educator

*September 6th, 1796, Romrod †January 13th, 1840, Long Island Sound

21

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales

British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV)

*January 7th, 1796, Carlton House †November 6th, 1817, Claremont

90

Asher Brown Durand

American painter and engraver (1796-1886)

*August 21st, 1796, Maplewood †September 17th, 1886, Maplewood

61

Daniel Elster

Composer and choir director (1796-1857)

*September 16th, 1796, Benshausen †December 19th, 1857, Wettingen

80

Fernán Caballero

Spanish women novelist

*December 24th, 1796, Morges †April 7th, 1877, Seville

77

Manuel Bretón de los Herreros

Spanish dramatist, poet, and journalist

*January 1st, 1796, Quel, La Rioja †January 1st, 1873, Madrid

79

Bellamy Storer

Cincinnati politician (1796-1875)

*March 26th, 1796, Portland †June 1st, 1875, Cincinnati

74

Michael Thonet

German-Austrian cabinet maker, 1796-1871

*July 2nd, 1796, Boppard †March 3rd, 1871, Vienna

81

Joseph Bonomi the Younger

English archaeologist and writer (1796–1878)

*October 9th, 1796, London †March 3rd, 1878, Wimbledon

72

Carl Loewe

German composer

*November 30th, 1796, Löbejün †April 20th, 1869, Kiel

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Leap year

Yes: 1796 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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