Famous Personalities Born In March - 18
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
1380 On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint
1395 On March - 18 birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)
1496 Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) was born on March - 18.
1548 Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on March - 18.
1556 On March - 18 birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant
1578 On March - 18 birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized
1590 Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.
1602 On March - 18 birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)
1603 Simon Bradstreet, Massachusetts Bay colonist (d. 1693) was born on this day in history.
1609 Frederick III, King of Denmark & Norway (1648-70); absolutist was born on March - 18.
1640 Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719) was born on March - 18.
1644 Gottfried Wegner, composer was born on March - 18.
1657 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer
1679 Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759) was born on March - 18.
1685 On this day in history birth of ralph Ersine, Scottish minister (d. 1752)
1690 Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) was born on this day in history.
1701 Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776) was born on March - 18.
1734 Joseph Schmitt, composer was born on March - 18.
1756 Johann Christoph Vogel, composer was born on March - 18.
1765 On March - 18 birth of david H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)
1780 On March - 18 birth of milos Obrenovic, Leader of The Second Serbian Uprising and Prince of Serbia (d. 1860)
1781 Gustave Vogt, composer was born on March - 18.
1782 On March - 18 birth of john Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)
1813 On this day in history birth of friedrich Hebbel, writer
1828 On this day in history birth of william Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908)
1829 On March - 18 birth of william Robertson Boggs, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
1830 On this day in history birth of numa D Fustel de Coulanges, French historian/sociologist
1837 On March - 18 birth of grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)
1838 On March - 18 birth of jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter
1838 Randal Cremer, Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903) was born on March - 18.
1839 On March - 18 birth of francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1840 William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901) was born on March - 18.
1842 On this day in history birth of stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (d. 1898)
1843 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899) was born on this day in history.