Famous Birthdays In January - 18

0885  On January - 18 birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)  

1519  On January - 18 birth of isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)  

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.  

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on January - 18.  

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 January - 18.  

1685  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on this day in history.  

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

1689  On this day in history birth of charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)  

1726  On this day in history birth of hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat  

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

1751  Ferdinand Kauer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1779  Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) was born on this day in history.  

1782  Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer was born on January - 18.  

1793  William Henry Havergal, composer was born on this day in history.  

1795  Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I was born on January - 18.  

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

1813  On January - 18 birth of joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)  

1815  On this day in history birth of james Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885  

1815  On this day in history birth of richard Yates Gov, MC (Union), died in 1873  

1815  Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.  

1817  On January - 18 birth of jacques Gregoir, composer  

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

1820  Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 was born on January - 18.  

1829  On January - 18 birth of louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge)  

1831  On this day in history birth of edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899  

1835  On this day in history birth of caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer  

1835  On January - 18 birth of jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet  

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

1840  Ernst Rudorff, composer was born on this day in history.  

1841  Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) was born on January - 18.  

1842  On this day in history birth of albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)  

1848  On this day in history birth of ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)  

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

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0052  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on this day in history.  

0474  On this day in history death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)  

1367  On January - 18 pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46  

1425  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on January - 18.  

1471  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)  

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on January - 18.  

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on January - 18.  

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on January - 18.