Famous Birthdays In January - 18

0885  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on this day in history.  

1519  Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.  

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

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on this day in history.  

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

1672  On January - 18 birth of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)  

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

1688  On January - 18 birth of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)  

1689  Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes) was born on this day in history.  

1726  Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat was born on January - 18.  

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1732  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer was born on this day in history.  

1751  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Kauer, composer  

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

1782  On this day in history birth of daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer  

1793  On January - 18 birth of william Henry Havergal, composer  

1795  Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I was born on this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history birth of richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  

1813  Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire) was born on January - 18.  

1815  James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 was born on this day in history.  

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

1815  On this day in history birth of constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874)  

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

1818  On this day in history birth of johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist  

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  Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born on January - 18.  

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

1835  Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet was born on this day in history.  

1840  Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer was born on this day in history.  

1840  On January - 18 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer  

1841  On this day in history birth of alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui)  

1842  On January - 18 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  On this day in history birth of edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03)  

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0052  On this day in history death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)  

0474  Death of Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) on January - 18.  

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1425  On January - 18 death of edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)  

1471  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on this day in history.  

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1586  On January - 18 death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)