Famous Personalities Born In April - 18
Friday, 14 February 2025
1480 Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on April - 18.
1521 Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on April - 18.
1580 On April - 18 birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)
1590 On this day in history birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)
1590 On this day in history birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)
1605 Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on this day in history.
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 April - 18.
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 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer was born on this day in history.
1771 On April - 18 birth of karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)
1777 Ignac Ruzitska, composer was born on this day in history.
1786 On April - 18 birth of franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
1797 On April - 18 birth of louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France
1803 On this day in history 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 April - 18.
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 this day in history.
1838 On this day in history 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 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 Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born on April - 18.
1852 On April - 18 birth of george Clausen, painter
1855 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) was born on this day in history.
1855 Josef Gruber, composer was born on April - 18.
1857 On this day in history birth of clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial
1859 On April - 18 birth of eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)
1863 On April - 18 birth of felix Blumenfeld, composer
1864 On this day in history birth of richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)