Famous Birthdays In May - 18
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
1048 Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born on this day in history.
1186 On May - 18 birth of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)
1474 Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539) was born on this day in history.
1551 On this day in history birth of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)
1610 On this day in history birth of stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)
1662 On May - 18 birth of george Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
1692 On this day in history birth of joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian
1711 Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer was born on this day in history.
1744 Joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap) was born on May - 18.
1759 Charles Duquesnoy, composer was born on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history birth of charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)
1785 On this day in history birth of john Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
1788 On May - 18 birth of hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer
1797 On May - 18 birth of frederik Augustus II, King of Saxon (1836-54)
1797 On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)
1798 Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870 was born on May - 18.
1815 On May - 18 birth of thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep (Confederacy), died in 1891
1817 James William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 18.
1819 Julius Hopp, composer was born on May - 18.
1830 Karl Goldmark, Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala) was born on this day in history.
1836 On May - 18 birth of isidor Vorobchievici, composer
1836 Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion (1866-94) was born on this day in history.
1850 On this day in history birth of oliver Heaviside, London, physicist (predicted ionosphere)
1851 On May - 18 birth of james Budd, Governor of California (d. 1908)
1854 On this day in history birth of bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (To my Fatherland)
1862 On this day in history birth of freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, German para-psychologist
1864 Jan P Veth, Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian was born on May - 18.
1865 On May - 18 birth of william Heinemann, England, publisher (Chemical Instrumental)
1868 On this day in history birth of nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
1869 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bavaria/general-fieldmarshall was born on this day in history.
1871 On May - 18 birth of franiska zu Reventlow, writer
1872 Bertrand Russell, England, mathematician/philosopher (Nobel 1950) was born on this day in history.
1875 On this day in history birth of guido Alberto Fano, composer
1881 On May - 18 birth of georgi Atanasov, composer