Famous Birthdays In April - 18
Sunday, 24 September 2023
1480 On April - 18 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 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 this day in history birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer
1732 On April - 18 birth of george Colman, "the Elder
1740 On this day in history birth of francis Baring, banker/merchant
1744 On April - 18 birth of pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot
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 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history birth of charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)
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 April - 18.
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 this day in history.
1819 On this day in history 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 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer was born on April - 18.
1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) was born on this day in history.
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 April - 18.
1855 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) was born on April - 18.
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 On April - 18 birth of eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)
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)