Famous Personalities Born In January - 18
Saturday, 13 December 2025
0885 On this day in history birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) 

1519 Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on January - 18. 

1543 On January - 18 birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer 

1641 On this day in history birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) 

1657 Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on January - 18. 

1672 Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on this day in history. 

1685 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on January - 18. 

1688 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on January - 18. 

1689 On January - 18 birth of charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes) 

1726 On January - 18 birth of hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat 

1732 Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer was born on January - 18. 

1751 On January - 18 birth of ferdinand Kauer, composer 

1779 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) was born on January - 18. 

1782 On January - 18 birth of daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer 

1793 William Henry Havergal, composer was born on January - 18. 

1795 On January - 18 birth of anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I 

1809 Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on January - 18. 

1813 On this day in history birth of joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire) 

1815 On January - 18 birth of james Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 

1815 Richard Yates Gov, MC (Union), died in 1873 was born on January - 18. 

1815 Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874) was born on January - 18. 

1817 On this day in history birth of jacques Gregoir, composer 

1818 Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist was born on this day in history. 

1820 On this day in history birth of abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 

1829 On this day in history birth of louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge) 

1831 On January - 18 birth of edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 

1835 Caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer was born on January - 18. 

1835 On this day in history birth of jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet 

1840 On January - 18 birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer 

1840 On this day in history birth of ernst Rudorff, composer 

1841 Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) was born on this day in history. 

1842 Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911) was born on January - 18. 

1848 Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born on this day in history. 

1849 Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) was born on January - 18. 

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