Famous Personalities Born In April - 18
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1480 On this day in history birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)
1521 On this day in history birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)
1580 On this day in history birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)
1590 On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)
1590 Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.
1605 On this day in history 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 April - 18.
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 April - 18.
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 On this day in history 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 April - 18.
1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) was born on this day in history.
1806 Ludwig Schuberth, composer was born on April - 18.
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 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 On April - 18 birth of paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912)
1839 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer was born on this day in history.
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 April - 18.
1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born on this day in history.
1852 George Clausen, painter was born on this day in history.
1855 On this day in history birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)
1855 Josef Gruber, composer was born on this day in history.
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 April - 18.
1863 On April - 18 birth of felix Blumenfeld, composer
1864 Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig) was born on April - 18.