Famous Birthdays In April - 18

1480  Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on this day in history.  

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  On April - 18 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 April - 18.  

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 April - 18.  

1777  Ignac Ruzitska, composer was born on April - 18.  

1786  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer was born on April - 18.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.  

1839  On April - 18 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  On this day in history 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 April - 18.  

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  Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial was born on April - 18.  

1859  On this day in history birth of eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)  

1863  On April - 18 birth of felix Blumenfeld, composer  

1864  On April - 18 birth of richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)  

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0680  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on April - 18.  

1161  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1552  On this day in history john Leland, antiquary, dies  

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on April - 18.  

1558  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on this day in history.  

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