Famous Birthdays In January - 18

0885  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on January - 18.  

1519  Isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.  

1543  On January - 18 birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer  

1641  On January - 18 birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)  

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1688  On this day in history birth of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)  

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

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 January - 18.  

1751  Ferdinand Kauer, composer was born on January - 18.  

1779  On January - 18 birth of peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)  

1782  Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1813  On this day in history 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  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 January - 18 birth of johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist  

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

1829  Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge) was born on this day in history.  

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 January - 18.  

1840  On this day in history birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer  

1840  On January - 18 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer  

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  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on January - 18.  

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

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 January - 18.  

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

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