Famous Birthdays In July - 18

1340  On this day in history birth of philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders  

1501  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on July - 18.  

1504  On this day in history birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)  

1534  On this day in history birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)  

1552  On this day in history birth of rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)  

1634  Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) was born on this day in history.  

1635  Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia) was born on July - 18.  

1670  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born on this day in history.  

1711  Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer was born on July - 18.  

1718  Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (d. 1808) was born on July - 18.  

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1720  Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists",,17660718::"Friedrich Fleischmann, composer was born on this day in history.  

1796  On July - 18 birth of feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists  

1797  On July - 18 birth of immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1879)  

1810  Peter Singer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1811  William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) was born on July - 18.  

1818  Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

1821  Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910) was born on July - 18.  

1823  Leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.  

1827  On this day in history birth of pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal  

1837  On July - 18 birth of vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1873)  

1845  On July - 18 birth of tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875)  

1848  William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer was born on this day in history.  

1850  Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.  

1853  Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902) was born on July - 18.  

1862  On July - 18 birth of napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to throne  

1862  On this day in history birth of nikolaj N Yudenitcch, Russian general/counter-revolutionary  

1862  On July - 18 birth of nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (d. 1933)  

1864  On this day in history birth of ricarda Huch, writer  

1864  Phillip Snowden, British politician (d. 1937) was born on July - 18.  

1865  On this day in history birth of laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina)  

1870  Emil Mlynarski, composer was born on July - 18.  

1871  Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope) was born on July - 18.  

1871  Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (d. 1946) was born on July - 18.  

1872  Julius Fucik, composer was born on July - 18.  

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0640  On this day in history arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58  

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on this day in history.  

1100  On July - 18 godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies  

1374  Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 on July - 18.  

1488  On this day in history death of alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)  

1544  On this day in history rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25  

1591  On this day in history jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40  

1608  Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 on this day in history.