Famous Birthdays In April - 18

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  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on April - 18.   

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

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  On April - 18 birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer   

1732  On this day in history birth of george Colman, "the Elder   

1740  Francis Baring, banker/merchant was born on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 18 birth of karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)   

1777  On April - 18 birth of ignac Ruzitska, composer   

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

1842  Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) was born on this day in history.   

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born on April - 18.   

1852  On this day in history birth of george Clausen, painter   

1855  On this day in history birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)   

1855  Josef Gruber, composer was born on April - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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0680  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 18.   

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

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on this day in history.   

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on April - 18.   

1556  On April - 18 luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61   

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

1567  On this day in history wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63