Famous Personalities Born In April - 18
Monday, 16 June 2025
1480 Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on this day in history.
1521 On April - 18 birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)
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 this day in history.
1605 On this day in history birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer
1729 Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on April - 18.
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 April - 18 birth of pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot
1759 On April - 18 birth of jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
1764 On April - 18 birth of bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
1771 On April - 18 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 April - 18 birth of franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
1797 On this day in history birth of louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France
1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) was born on April - 18.
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 this day in history.
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 On April - 18 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 On April - 18 birth of henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)
1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) was born on April - 18.
1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born on April - 18.
1852 On this day in history birth of george Clausen, painter
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 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 On this day in history birth of richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)