Famous Birthdays In April - 18

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

1521  On this day in history birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)  

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on April - 18.  

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 April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer  

1729  On April - 18 birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer  

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

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 April - 18.  

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

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

1797  On April - 18 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  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 this day in history.  

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  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  Josef Gruber, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of felix Blumenfeld, composer  

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 April - 18.  

1161  On April - 18 death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury  

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

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on this day in history.  

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on April - 18.  

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

1558  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on April - 18.  

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on April - 18.