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 this day in history.  

1580  On April - 18 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  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 this day in history birth of francis Baring, banker/merchant  

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 this day in history birth of karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820)  

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

1786  On April - 18 birth of franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer  

1797  Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France was born on April - 18.  

1803  On April - 18 birth of charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)  

1806  On April - 18 birth of ludwig Schuberth, composer  

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

1817  George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) was born on April - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

1839  On April - 18 birth of frantz Jehin-Prume, composer  

1839  On April - 18 birth of henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies  

1161  On April - 18 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 April - 18.  

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on this day in history.  

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

1558  On this day in history death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent  

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on this day in history.