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  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  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1729  On this day in history birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer  

1732  On April - 18 birth of george Colman, "the Elder  

1740  On this day in history birth of francis Baring, banker/merchant  

1744  On April - 18 birth of pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot  

1759  On this day in history birth of jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer  

1764  On April - 18 birth of bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer  

1771  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history birth of charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)  

1806  On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuberth, composer  

1813  James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865) was born on April - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born on this day in history.  

1852  George Clausen, painter was born on April - 18.  

1855  Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) was born on April - 18.  

1855  Josef Gruber, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born on April - 18.  

1864  On this day in history 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  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 18.  

1504  On April - 18 filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52  

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

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

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

1558  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on April - 18.  

1567  On April - 18 wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63