Famous Birthdays In April - 18

1480  On April - 18 birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)  

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)  

1590  Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on this day in history.  

1590  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)  

1605  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on April - 18.  

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 April - 18 birth of francis Baring, banker/merchant  

1744  On this day in history birth of pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot  

1759  On April - 18 birth of jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer  

1764  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer was born on this day in history.  

1771  Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.  

1777  Ignac Ruzitska, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1813  James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history birth of george Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)  

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 April - 18.  

1839  Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer was born on April - 18.  

1839  Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) was born on this day in history.  

1842  On April - 18 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 this day in history.  

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  Eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren) was born on April - 18.  

1863  On this day in history birth of felix Blumenfeld, composer  

1864  Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig) was born on this day in history.  

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0680  On April - 18 mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies  

1161  On April - 18 death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on April - 18.  

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on April - 18.  

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on this day in history.  

1556  On this day in history luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61  

1558  On this day in history death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent  

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on this day in history.