Famous Personalities Born In April - 18
Thursday, 29 January 2026
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 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 On this day in history birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) 

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 On this day in history birth of george Colman, "the Elder 

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

1744 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot was born on this day in history. 

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 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 Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France was born on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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

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 April - 18. 

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 this day in history. 

1852 George Clausen, painter was born on this day in history. 

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

1855 On April - 18 birth of josef Gruber, composer 

1857 On April - 18 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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