July 10th, 1856

Born on July 10th, 1856

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 61,000 days old!

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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, 1856

86

Nikola Tesla

Serbian-American inventor (1856–1943)

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

63

Otto Krause

Argentine engineer

*July 10th, 1856, Chivilcoy †February 14th, 1920, Buenos Aires

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Who's birthday is on July 10th?

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

34

Richi Puspita Dili

Indonesian badminton player

*July 10th, 1989, Sleman

33

Elena Runggaldier

Italian ski jumper

*July 10th, 1990, Bolzano

31

Clara Luciani

French singer-songwriter and guitarist

*July 10th, 1992, Martigues

98

Mahathir Mohamad

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

*July 10th, 1925, Alor Setar

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

52

Astrid Crabo

Badminton player

*July 10th, 1971, Täby

28

Yugo Kobayashi

Badminton player

*July 10th, 1995, Miyagi Prefecture

27

Saori Ozaki

Japanese badminton player

*July 10th, 1996, Saitama Prefecture

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

65

Fiona Shaw

Irish actress (born 1958)

*July 10th, 1958, County Cork

38

Mario Gómez

German association football player

*July 10th, 1985, Riedlingen

72

Rajnath Singh

Indian politician

*July 10th, 1951, Chandauli district

33

Miguel Lafuente Alcántara

Spanish historian

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

81

Sixto Rodriguez

American musician (1942–2023)

*July 10th, 1942, Detroit †August 8th, 2023, Detroit

72

Phyllis Smith

American actress

*July 10th, 1951, Lemay

43

Jessica Simpson

American singer

*July 10th, 1980, Abilene

85

Owen Chamberlain

American physicist

*July 10th, 1920, San Francisco †February 28th, 2006, Berkeley

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Born in 1856

83

Jens Bratlie

13th Prime Minister of Norway

*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

*May 6th, 1856, Příbor †September 23rd, 1939, London

94

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence

67

Woodrow Wilson

President of the United States from 1913 to 1921

*December 28th, 1856, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace †February 3rd, 1924, Woodrow Wilson House

73

Georg von der Marwitz

German general (1856–1929)

*July 7th, 1856, Słupsk †October 27th, 1929, Unichowo

85

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)

*October 28th, 1856, San Francisco †February 9th, 1942, San Francisco

62

Alexander Bernewitz

Latvian theologian (1856-1919)

*May 26th, 1856, Kandava †January 16th, 1919, Kandava

62

L. Frank Baum

American author of children's books (1856–1919)

*May 15th, 1856, Chittenango †May 6th, 1919, Hollywood

95

Philippe Pétain

French military and political leader (1856–1951)

*April 24th, 1856, Cauchy-à-la-Tour †July 23rd, 1951, Port-Joinville

69

John Singer Sargent

American painter (1856–1925)

*January 12th, 1856, Florence †April 15th, 1925, London

64

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

German politician (1856–1921)

*November 29th, 1856, Hohenfinow †January 1st, 1921, Hohenfinow

80

Frank B. Kellogg

American politician (1856-1937)

*December 22nd, 1856, Potsdam †December 21st, 1937, Saint Paul

83

J. J. Thomson

British physicist (1856-1940)

*December 18th, 1856, Cheetham Hill †August 30th, 1940, Cambridge

62

Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Danish writer

*November 30th, 1856, Roholte †October 13th, 1919, Klotzsche

59

Booker T. Washington

African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)

*April 5th, 1856, Hale's Ford †November 14th, 1915, Tuskegee

45

Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper

German botanist (1856–1901)

*May 12th, 1856, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1901, Basel

59

William Wallace Denslow

American illustrator and caricaturist

*May 25th, 1856, Philadelphia †May 27th, 1915, Knickerbocker Hospital

60

Diamond Jim Brady

American businessman

*August 12th, 1856, New York City †April 13th, 1917, Atlantic City

55

Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo

Spanish author

*November 3rd, 1856, Santander †May 19th, 1912, Santander

64

Georges Petit

French art dealer (1856-1920)

*March 11th, 1856, Paris †May 12th, 1920, Paris

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Leap year

Yes: 1856 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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