Famous Personalities Born In April - 18
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
1480 Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on this day in history.
1521 On this day in history birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)
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 Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on April - 18.
1605 On April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer
1729 On this day in history birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer
1732 George Colman, "the Elder was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
1771 Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820) was born on April - 18.
1777 On April - 18 birth of ignac Ruzitska, composer
1786 On April - 18 birth of franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
1797 On April - 18 birth of louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France
1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) was born on April - 18.
1806 Ludwig Schuberth, composer was born on April - 18.
1813 James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865) was born on April - 18.
1817 On this day in history birth of george Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)
1819 On April - 18 birth of carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874)
1819 On April - 18 birth of franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895)
1838 Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912) was born on April - 18.
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 this day in history.
1852 George Clausen, painter was born on this day in history.
1855 On April - 18 birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)
1855 On April - 18 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 On this day in history birth of felix Blumenfeld, composer
1864 On April - 18 birth of richard Harding Davis, US, journalist/author (In The Fig)