Famous Birthdays In April - 18
Friday, 26 July 2024
1480 On this day in history birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)
1521 On this day in history birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)
1580 Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on April - 18.
1590 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on this day in history.
1590 Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.
1605 On this day in history birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer
1729 On April - 18 birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer
1732 On this day in history birth of george Colman, "the Elder
1740 Francis Baring, banker/merchant was born on this day in history.
1744 On this day in history birth of pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot
1759 Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer was born on April - 18.
1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer was born on April - 18.
1771 On April - 18 birth of karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)
1777 On April - 18 birth of ignac Ruzitska, composer
1786 On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
1797 Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France was born on this day in history.
1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) was born on this day in history.
1806 Ludwig Schuberth, composer was born on April - 18.
1813 On this day in history birth of james McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)
1817 On April - 18 birth of george Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)
1819 Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874) was born on April - 18.
1819 On this day in history birth of franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895)
1838 Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.
1839 On this day in history birth of frantz Jehin-Prume, composer
1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) was born on this day in history.
1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) was born on this day in history.
1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born on April - 18.
1852 On this day in history birth of george Clausen, painter
1855 On this day in history birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)
1855 Josef Gruber, composer was born on April - 18.
1857 Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial was born on this day in history.
1859 On this day in history birth of eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)
1863 Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born on this day in history.
1864 Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig) was born on this day in history.