Famous Personalities Born In April - 18
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1480 On this day in history birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)
1521 On April - 18 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 On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)
1590 On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)
1605 On April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer
1729 Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on April - 18.
1732 George Colman, "the Elder was born on this day in history.
1740 On this day in history birth of francis Baring, banker/merchant
1744 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot was born on April - 18.
1759 Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer was born on this day in history.
1764 On this day in history birth of bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
1771 On this day in history birth of karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)
1777 On April - 18 birth of ignac Ruzitska, composer
1786 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer was born on April - 18.
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 April - 18.
1806 On April - 18 birth of ludwig Schuberth, composer
1813 On this day in history birth of james McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)
1817 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) was born on this day in history.
1819 Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.
1819 Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895) was born on this day in history.
1838 Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.
1839 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer was born on April - 18.
1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) was born on April - 18.
1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) was born on this day in history.
1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born on this day in history.
1852 On this day in history birth of george Clausen, painter
1855 On April - 18 birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)
1855 Josef Gruber, composer was born on April - 18.
1857 On April - 18 birth of clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial
1859 Eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren) was born on April - 18.
1863 Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born on this day in history.
1864 On April - 18 birth of richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)