Famous Birthdays In April - 18
Thursday, 21 November 2024
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 April - 18.
1590 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on April - 18.
1590 Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.
1605 Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on this day in history.
1729 Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on this day in history.
1732 On April - 18 birth of george Colman, "the Elder
1740 Francis Baring, banker/merchant was born on this day in history.
1744 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot was born on this day in history.
1759 On this day in history birth of jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
1764 On April - 18 birth of bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
1771 Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.
1777 On April - 18 birth of ignac Ruzitska, composer
1786 On April - 18 birth of franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
1797 Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France was born on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history birth of charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)
1806 Ludwig Schuberth, composer was born on April - 18.
1813 On April - 18 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 April - 18 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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1852 On April - 18 birth of george Clausen, painter
1855 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) was born on April - 18.
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 On this day in history birth of eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)
1863 Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born on April - 18.
1864 Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig) was born on April - 18.