April 10th, 1821

Born on April 10th, 1821

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What happened on April 10th, 1821?

April 10th, 1821

Greek War of Independence: the island of Psara joins the Greek struggle for independence.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence

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 Great Gatsby (cover pictured), a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published by Scribner's.

April 10th, 1919

Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata 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 (pictured) in Indonesia began the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people and affecting temperatures worldwide.

April 10th, 1809

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

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, 2009

Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announced that he had suspended the constitution and assumed all governance in the country after it was ruled that the government of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was illegal.

April 10th, 1724

Bach led the first performance of his cantata Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, his first cantata composed for Easter in Leipzig.

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

Same year
Born in 1821

59

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Russian novelist (1821–1881)

*November 11th, 1821, Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor †January 28th, 1881, Saint Petersburg

73

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

*August 31st, 1821, Potsdam †September 8th, 1894, Charlottenburg

74

Philipp Ludwig von Seidel

German mathematician

*October 24th, 1821, Zweibrücken †August 13th, 1896, Munich

79

Theodor Löbbecke

German pharmacist and malacologist

*March 4th, 1821, Hückeswagen †January 18th, 1901, Düsseldorf

46

Charles Baudelaire

French poet and critic (1821–1867)

*April 9th, 1821, former 11th arrondissement of Paris †August 31st, 1867, Paris

89

Mary Baker Eddy

American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910)

*July 16th, 1821, Bow †December 3rd, 1910, Chestnut Hill

87

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip

Dutch-Belgian painter (1821-1909)

*May 31st, 1821, Amsterdam †February 28th, 1909, Ixelles - Elsene

75

William Jervois

British Army general

*September 10th, 1821, Cowes †August 17th, 1897, Hampshire

55

Alfred Bruyas

French art collector and amateur painter from Montpellier (1821-1877)

*August 15th, 1821, Montpellier †January 1st, 1877, Montpellier

83

Cesare Bonelli

Italian politician (1821-1904)

*January 3rd, 1821, Turin †October 1st, 1904, Orvieto

72

John Abbott

3rd Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1893)

*March 12th, 1821, Saint-André-Est †October 30th, 1893, Montreal

54

John C. Breckinridge

Vice president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

*January 16th, 1821, Lexington †May 17th, 1875, Lexington

56

Nikolay Nekrasov

Russian poet, writer, critic, editor and publisher

*November 28th, 1821, Nemyriv †January 8th, 1878, Saint Petersburg

69

Richard Francis Burton

British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

*March 19th, 1821, Torquay †October 20th, 1890, Trieste

80

Rudolf Virchow

German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)

*October 13th, 1821, Świdwin †September 5th, 1902, Berlin

89

Elizabeth Blackwell

American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist (1821-1910)

*February 3rd, 1821, Bristol †May 31st, 1910, Hastings

73

Arthur Cayley

English mathematician (1821-1896)

*August 16th, 1821, Richmond †January 26th, 1895, Cambridge

73

Pafnuty Chebyshev

Russian mathematician (1821–1894)

*May 4th, 1821, Akatovo †November 26th, 1894, Saint Petersburg

84

Bartolomé Mitre

President of Argentina (1821-1906)

*June 26th, 1821, Buenos Aires †January 19th, 1906, Buenos Aires

74

Johann Josef Loschmidt

Austrian chemist and physicist (1821–1895)

*March 15th, 1821, Počerny †July 8th, 1895, Vienna

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1821 is a normal year and no leap year.

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