Famous Birthdays In April - 18

1480  On this day in history birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)  

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on April - 18.  

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on this day in history.  

1590  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)  

1590  Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on April - 18.  

1605  On April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer  

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on April - 18.  

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

1740  On April - 18 birth of francis Baring, banker/merchant  

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

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1759  Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1771  Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820) was born on April - 18.  

1777  On April - 18 birth of ignac Ruzitska, composer  

1786  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer  

1797  On this day in history birth of louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France  

1803  On this day in history birth of charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)  

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 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 April - 18.  

1838  Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912) was born on April - 18.  

1839  Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer was born on this day in history.  

1839  On this day in history birth of henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)  

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 April - 18 birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)  

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

1857  On this day in history birth of clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial  

1859  Eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren) was born on this day in history.  

1863  Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born on April - 18.  

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

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0680  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on this day in history.  

1161  On this day in history death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1504  On this day in history filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52  

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