April 10th, 1809

Born on April 10th, 1809

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What happened on April 10th, 1809?

April 10th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars

April 10th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition began with the Austrian invasion of Bavaria, then a client state of France.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars

What else happened on April 10th?

April 10th, 1992

First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Dozens of Armenian civilians were massacred in the village of Maraga by Azerbaijani forces.

April 10th, 1973

In the deadliest aviation accident in Swiss history, Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashed into a hillside near Hochwald, killing 108 people of 145 on board.

April 10th, 1970

In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.

April 10th, 1963

The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank with all hands lost during deep-diving tests in the North Atlantic Ocean.

April 10th, 1944

The Holocaust: Slovak Jewish prisoners Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz, later publishing a report that became one of the earliest and most detailed descriptions of the camp's mass killings.

April 10th, 1925

The novel The Great Gatsby by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published by Scribner's.

April 10th, 1919

Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata (pictured) was shot to death near Ciudad Ayala, Morelos.

April 10th, 1858

Big Ben, the bell in the Palace of Westminster's clock tower in London, was cast after the original bell cracked during testing.

April 10th, 1815

Mount Tambora in Indonesia began the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people and affecting temperatures worldwide.

April 10th, 1741

War of the Austrian Succession: Prussian forces defeated Austrian troops at the Battle of Mollwitz in present-day Małujowice, Poland, cementing Frederick II's authority over the newly conquered territory of Silesia.

April 10th, 1221

A Mongol army commanded by Tolui captured the city of Merv in present-day Turkmenistan, allegedly killing more than 1.7 million people.

April 10th, 2023

A mass shooting occurs at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky that leaves five victims dead and eight wounded.

April 10th, 2010

Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.

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

Born on April 10th, 1809

77

Hermann von Alvensleben

German officer

*April 10th, 1809, Schochwitz †January 8th, 1887, Schochwitz

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

87

Giuseppe Verdi

Italian composer of the Romantic Era

*April 10th, 1813, Le Roncole †January 27th, 1901, Milan

53

Vladimir Lenin

Russian politician, communist theorist and the founder of the Soviet Union

*April 10th, 1870, Ulyanovsk †January 21st, 1924, Bolshiye Gorki

96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

24

Surf Mesa

American record producer and multi-instrumentalist

*April 10th, 2000, Seattle

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

60

Alexander Fischinger

German association football player and manager

*April 10th, 1964, Triberg im Schwarzwald

86

Friedrich Gustav Weidauer

German politician and lawyer (1810-1897)

*April 10th, 1810, Lauter †March 6th, 1897, Schwarzenberg

77

George Arliss

English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker (1868–1946)

*April 10th, 1868, London †February 5th, 1946, London

40

Jean Lannes

Marshal of France (1769-1809)

*April 10th, 1769, Lectoure †May 31st, 1809, Kaiserebersdorf

44

Jordan Horowitz

American film producer

*April 10th, 1980, New York City

41

Jamie Chung

American actress

*April 10th, 1983, San Francisco

51

Guillaume Canet

French actor, film director, and screenwriter

*April 10th, 1973, Boulogne-Billancourt

70

Angelika Hellmann

East German gymnast

*April 10th, 1954, Halle (Saale)

31

Sofia Carson

American singer, actress and songwriter

*April 10th, 1993, Fort Lauderdale

65

Hubertine Auclert

French feminist and suffragist

*April 10th, 1848, Saint-Priest-en-Murat †April 8th, 1914, 11th arrondissement of Paris

49

David Harbour

American actor (born 1975)

*April 10th, 1975, White Plains

70

Peter MacNicol

American actor

*April 10th, 1954, Dallas

40

Dons

Latvian singer

*April 10th, 1984, Saldus

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

Same year
Born in 1809

56

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (American, 1809-1865)

*February 12th, 1809, Hodgenville †April 15th, 1865, Washington, D.C.

73

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

*February 12th, 1809, The Mount †April 19th, 1882, Down House

40

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)

*January 19th, 1809, Boston †October 7th, 1849, Baltimore

38

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent

*February 3rd, 1809, Hamburg †November 4th, 1847, Leipzig

42

Nikolai Gogol

Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)

*March 19th, 1809, Velyki Sorochyntsi †February 21st, 1852, Moscow

88

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

*December 29th, 1809, Liverpool †May 19th, 1898, Hawarden Castle

56

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809–1865)

*January 15th, 1809, Besançon †January 19th, 1865, Passy

86

Luigi Federico Menabrea

Italian politician, scientist, and general (1809–1896)

*September 4th, 1809, Chambéry †May 25th, 1896, Saint-Cassin

83

Alfred Tennyson

British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

*August 6th, 1809, Somersby †October 6th, 1892, Aldworth

43

Louis Braille

Inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired (1809-1852)

*January 4th, 1809, Coupvray †January 6th, 1852, Paris

73

Joseph Liouville

French mathematician and engineer (1809–1882)

*March 24th, 1809, Saint-Omer †September 8th, 1882, rue de Savoie

81

Hannibal Hamlin

Vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865

*August 27th, 1809, Paris †July 4th, 1891, Bangor

84

Karl Bodmer

Swiss-French artist

*February 11th, 1809, Zürich †October 30th, 1893, Paris

27

Mariano José de Larra

Spanish romantic writer (1809-1837)

*March 24th, 1809, Madrid †February 13th, 1837, Madrid

85

Oliver Wendell Holmes

American poet and physician (1809–1894)

*August 29th, 1809, Cambridge †October 7th, 1894, Boston

61

Louis Charles Delescluze

French revolutionary leader, journalist, and military commander of the Paris Commune

*October 2nd, 1809, Dreux †May 25th, 1871, Paris

71

Bettino Ricasoli

Italian politician (1809–1880)

*March 9th, 1809, Florence †October 23rd, 1880, Castello di Brolio

75

Timothy Shay Arthur

American novelist, short story writer and publisher

*June 6th, 1809, Newburgh †March 6th, 1885, Philadelphia

70

Jules Favre

French politician and lawyer (1809-1880)

*March 21st, 1809, Lyon †January 19th, 1880, Versailles

60

Armand Barbes

French Republican revolutionary (1809-1870)

*September 18th, 1809, Pointe-à-Pitre †June 26th, 1870, The Hague

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1809 is a normal year and no leap year.

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