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Dec 18 1418

Albert VI Archduke of Austria born in Vienna Austria (d. 1463)

Dec 18 1507

uchi Yoshitaka Japanese warlord (d. 1551)

Dec 18 1569

Jakob Hassler German composer born in Nuremberg (d. 1622)

Dec 18 1602

Simonds dEwes English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)

Dec 18 1610

Charles Du Fresne Du Cange French scholarphilologist

Dec 18 1620

Heinrich Roth German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)

Dec 18 1633

Willem van de Velde the Young Dutch seascape painter baptised

Dec 18 1661

Christopher Polhem Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)

Dec 18 1662

James Douglas 2nd Duke of Queensberry Scottish politician (d. 1711)

Dec 18 1707

Charles Wesley co-founder (Methodist movement)

Dec 18 1725

Johann Salomo Semler German historian and Bible commentator (d. 1791)

Dec 18 1760

Knud L Rahbek Danish literary (Om sku skuespillerkunsten)

Dec 18 1788

Camille Pleyel Austrian piano buildercomposer

Dec 18 1811

Alexander Sandor Asboth Hungarian-American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Keszthely Hungary (d. 1868)

Dec 18 1816

Alfred Elzey Jones Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1871)

Dec 18 1819

Yakov Petrovich Polonsky Russian poet (Stichotvorenija)

Dec 18 1825

Charles Griffin American Major General (Union Army) born in Granville Ohio (d. 1867)

Dec 18 1826

Charles-A Chatrian [Erckmann-C] French writer (Lami Fritz)

Dec 18 1826

Mercer Brooke John (Confederate Navy) (d. 1906)

Dec 18 1835

George Dashiell Bayard American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Seneca Falls New York (d. 1862)

Dec 18 1837

A Adolf Daens Belgian priestDutch party founder (CVP)

Dec 18 1844

Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano German economist

Dec 18 1851

Graciano Lopez Jaena Filipino hero orator and satirist (d. 1896)

Dec 18 1860

Edward Alexander MacDowell American composer (Indian Suite)

Dec 18 1861

Lionel Monckton British composer (Edwardian musical comedy) born in London England (d. 1924)

Dec 18 1870

Andres Randolf Danish-American actor (The Kiss) born in Viborg Denmark (d. 1930)

Dec 18 1870

Saki [Hector Hugo Munro] Burma author (Reginald When William Came)

Dec 18 1873

Adolf Vogl German composer born in Munich (d. 1961)

Dec 18 1873

Francis Burton Harrison American political figure (d. 1957)

Dec 18 1877

Max Pallenberg Austrian extempore farce actor (Morn to Midnight) husband of Operetta star Fritzi Massary born in Vienna Austria (d. 1934)

Dec 18 1879

Paul Klee Mnchenbuchsee Switzerland SwissGerman abstract painter (Twittering Machine)

Dec 18 1888

Gladys Cooper British actress (My Fair Lady) born in Lewisham England (d. 1971)

Dec 18 1888

Robert Moses power broker (built Long Island & NYC parks & roads)

Dec 18 1118 Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden

Dec 18 1385 Peace of Tournai (Dutch - Doornik) signed between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent

Dec 18 1603 First fleet of the Dutch East India Company under Admiral Steven van der Haghen departs for the East-Indies

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