Famous Birthdays In April - 18

1480  On April - 18 birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)   

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)   

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  George Colman, "the Elder was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of ignac Ruzitska, composer   

1786  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer was born on April - 18.   

1797  On this day in history birth of louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

1803  On April - 18 birth of charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)   

1806  On April - 18 birth of ludwig Schuberth, composer   

1813  James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.   

1817  George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) was born on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history birth of carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874)   

1819  Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895) was born on April - 18.   

1838  On this day in history birth of paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912)   

1839  Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer was born on April - 18.   

1839  On this day in history birth of henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)   

1842  On April - 18 birth of antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)   

1845  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Gericke, composer   

1852  George Clausen, painter was born on April - 18.   

1855  On April - 18 birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)   

1855  On this day in history birth of josef Gruber, composer   

1857  Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial was born on this day in history.   

1859  Eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren) was born on this day in history.   

1863  Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born on April - 18.   

1864  Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig) was born on this day in history.   

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0680  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 18.   

1504  On this day in history filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52   

1530  On this day in history francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43   

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on this day in history.   

1556  On this day in history luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61   

1558  On this day in history death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent   

1567  On April - 18 wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63