September 10th, 1801

Born on September 10th, 1801

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What happened on September 10th?

September 10th, 2025

American political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University.

September 10th, 1858

George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora (pictured) from the Dudley Observatory near Albany, New York; it was his only asteroid discovery.

September 10th, 1622

Fifty-five Christians were executed in Nagasaki during the Great Genna Martyrdom, part of persecution towards Christians in Japan by the Tokugawa shogunate.

September 10th, 1845

John Doubleday completed a "masterly" restoration of the Portland Vase (pictured), which had been smashed into hundreds of pieces seven months prior.

September 10th, 2008

CERN's Large Hadron Collider (section pictured), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, first began operations beneath the France–Switzerland border.

September 10th, 1724

Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.

September 10th, 2000

British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

September 10th, 1990

Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.

September 10th, 1983

Typhoon Ellen dissipated after destroying hundreds of homes across Hong Kong and the Philippines.

September 10th, 1974

After centuries of Portuguese rule, the country of Guinea-Bissau was formally recognized as independent.

September 10th, 1961

At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, German driver Wolfgang von Trips's car collided with another, causing it to become airborne and crash into a side barrier, killing him and 15 spectators.

September 10th, 1960

Running barefoot in the marathon event at the Rome Olympics, Abebe Bikila became the first athlete from sub-Saharan Africa to win an Olympic gold medal.

September 10th, 1946

While riding a train to Darjeeling, India, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu, later Mother Teresa (pictured), experienced what she later described as the "call within the call", directing her to "leave the convent and help the poor while living among them".

September 10th, 1945

Mike the Headless Chicken was decapitated on a farm in Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before choking to death.

September 10th, 1937

Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

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

Same year
Born in 1801

92

Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer

German classical scholar, classical archaeologist and politician (1801-1894)

*October 23rd, 1801, Husum †January 8th, 1894, Kiel

68

Carl August von Steinheil

German physicist (1801-1870)

*October 12th, 1801, Ribeauvillé †September 14th, 1870, Munich

60

Johann Nestroy

Austrian playwright, actor and singer

*December 7th, 1801, Vienna †May 25th, 1862, Graz

51

Vincenzo Gioberti

Italian philosopher and politician (1801-1852)

*April 5th, 1801, Turin †October 26th, 1852, Paris

67

Joseph Mazilier

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*March 13th, 1801, Marseille †May 19th, 1868, 9th arrondissement of Paris

47

William Wakefield

Early New Zealand settler (1801–1848)

*August 8th, 1801, Essex †September 19th, 1848, Wellington

76

Brigham Young

American religious leader (1801–1877)

*June 1st, 1801, Whitingham †August 29th, 1877, Salt Lake City

81

Joseph Plateau

Belgian physicist (1801–1883)

*October 14th, 1801, City of Brussels †September 15th, 1883, Ghent

86

Gustav Fechner

German scientist (1801-1887)

*April 19th, 1801, Żarki Wielkie †November 18th, 1887, Leipzig

90

George Biddell Airy

English mathematician and astronomer (*1801 – †1892)

*July 27th, 1801, Alnwick †January 2nd, 1892, Greenwich

64

Fredrika Bremer

Swedish writer and feminist

*August 17th, 1801, Turku †December 31st, 1865, Österhaninge church parish

89

John Henry Newman

English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)

*February 21st, 1801, London †August 11th, 1890, Edgbaston

56

Johannes Peter Müller

German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist (1801-1858)

*July 14th, 1801, Koblenz †April 28th, 1858, Berlin

49

Albert Lortzing

German opera composer (1801-1851)

*October 23rd, 1801, Berlin †January 21st, 1851, Berlin

66

Julius Plücker

German mathematician and physicist (1801-1868)

*July 16th, 1801, Elberfeld †May 22nd, 1868, Bonn

69

Pierre Rambur

French physician and entomologist (1801-1870)

*July 21st, 1801, Ingrandes-de-Touraine †August 10th, 1870, Geneva

75

Antoine Augustin Cournot

French economist and mathematician (*1801 – †1877)

*August 28th, 1801, Gray †March 31st, 1877, Paris

120

Andrés de Santa Cruz

Supreme protector of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation

*December 5th, 1801, Puno †November 30th, 1922, Saint-Nazaire

68

Justo José de Urquiza

Argentine politician and military

*October 18th, 1801, Entre Ríos Province †April 11th, 1870, San José palace

81

Prince Charles of Prussia

Third son of Frederick William III of Prussia (1801–1883)

*June 29th, 1801, Charlottenburg Palace †January 21st, 1883, Berlin

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1801 is a normal year and no leap year.

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