April 10

Today in History
• 0847 - St. Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1500 - France captures Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
• 1512 - Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen
• 1516 - 1st Jewish ghetto established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
• 1710 - The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain
• 1790 - US Patent system forms
• 1790 - Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
• 1815 - Mount Tambora erupts, killing around 71,000 people


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Dyngus Day
• Golfer’s Day
• International Safety Pin Day
• National Hug Your Dog Day
• National Siblings Day
• Salvation Army Founder's Day
• White House Easter Egg Roll
• World Homeopathy Day

Birthdays
• 0401 - Theodosius II the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor (408-450)
• 1512 - James I, king of Scotland, 1513-42
• 1583 - Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law
• 1783 - Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands, 1806-10
• 1794 - Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan
• 1797 - Claude Ambroise Seurat, born in Troyes, France, World's skinniest man
• 1829 - William Booth, founder, Salvation Army
• 1880 - Frances Perkins, 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position, Labor