Famous Personalities Born In April - 18
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
1480 On this day in history birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)
1521 Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on this day in history.
1580 On April - 18 birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)
1590 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on April - 18.
1590 On this day in history birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)
1605 On this day in history birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer
1729 On this day in history birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer
1732 On April - 18 birth of george Colman, "the Elder
1740 On April - 18 birth of francis Baring, banker/merchant
1744 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot was born on this day in history.
1759 On April - 18 birth of jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer was born on April - 18.
1771 Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.
1777 Ignac Ruzitska, composer was born on this day in history.
1786 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer was born on this day in history.
1797 Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France was born on this day in history.
1803 On April - 18 birth of charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)
1806 On this day in history birth of ludwig Schuberth, composer
1813 James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865) was born on April - 18.
1817 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) was born on April - 18.
1819 Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.
1819 Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895) was born on this day in history.
1838 On April - 18 birth of paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912)
1839 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer was born on this day in history.
1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) was born on April - 18.
1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) was born on April - 18.
1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born on April - 18.
1852 George Clausen, painter was born on April - 18.
1855 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) was born on this day in history.
1855 On this day in history birth of josef Gruber, composer
1857 Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial was born on this day in history.
1859 On April - 18 birth of eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)
1863 Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born on April - 18.
1864 Richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig) was born on April - 18.