Famous Personalities Born In April - 18
Saturday, 22 February 2025
1480 Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1590 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on April - 18.
1590 Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on April - 18.
1605 On April - 18 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 April - 18.
1740 On this day in history birth of francis Baring, banker/merchant
1744 On April - 18 birth of pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot
1759 On this day in history birth of jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer was born on April - 18.
1771 On this day in history birth of karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)
1777 Ignac Ruzitska, composer was born on April - 18.
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 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 April - 18.
1817 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) was born on this day in history.
1819 On April - 18 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 April - 18 birth of paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912)
1839 On this day in history birth of frantz Jehin-Prume, composer
1839 On April - 18 birth of henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)
1842 On this day in history birth of antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)
1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born on April - 18.
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 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 this day in history.
1863 On this day in history birth of felix Blumenfeld, composer
1864 On this day in history birth of richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)