Famous Birthdays In April - 18

1480  Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on April - 18.  

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

1580  On this day in history birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)  

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  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 this day in history.  

1744  Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot was born on April - 18.  

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

1764  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer was born on this day in history.  

1771  On April - 18 birth of karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1806  Ludwig Schuberth, composer was born on April - 18.  

1813  On April - 18 birth of james McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)  

1817  On this day in history 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 April - 18 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  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 April - 18.  

1842  On April - 18 birth of antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)  

1845  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Gericke, composer  

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

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

1530  On this day in history francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43  

1552  On April - 18 john Leland, antiquary, dies  

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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