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Nov 18 1522

Lamoral Count of Egmont Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)

Nov 18 1584

Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter born in Antwerp

Nov 18 1630

Eleanor Gonzaga Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)

Nov 18 1727

Philibert Commeron French naturalist (d. 1773)

Nov 18 1772

Louis Ferdinand Prince of Prussia Christian composer

Nov 18 1774

Wilhelmine of Prussia Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)

Nov 18 1786

Henry Rowley Bishop British composerconductor

Nov 18 1786

Carl Maria von Weber German romantic composer (Der Freischutz) [or 19]

Nov 18 1804

Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora Italian general and statesman (d. 1878)

Nov 18 1810

Asa Gray botanist (Flora of North America) born in Sauquoit New York

Nov 18 1810

Benjamin Stone Roberts American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Manchester Vermont (d. 1875)

Nov 18 1812

Jesse Johnson Finley Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1904)

Nov 18 1824

Franz Sigel German teacher newspaperman politician and Major General (Union Army) born in Sinsheim Baden Germany (d. 1902)

Nov 18 1824

Isham Nicholas Hayne American lawyer politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Dover Tennessee (d. 1868)

Nov 18 1832

Adolf Erik Nordenskild Swedish explorer (d. 1901)

Nov 18 1835

Americus Vespucius Rice American politician banker and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Perrysville Ohio (d. 1904)

Nov 18 1835

Cesare Lombroso Italian psychiatristcriminologist

Nov 18 1839

August A Kundt German physicist (sound vibration test of Kundt)

Nov 18 1845

John F Mellaerts Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde)

Nov 18 1856

Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929)

Nov 18 1861

Dorothy Dix pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951)

Nov 18 1869

James E Sullivan founder (Amateur Athletic Union)

Nov 18 1874

Carrie White oldest US woman (dies Nov 1990 at 116)

Nov 18 1874

Clarence Shepard Day American author (Life with Father) born in NYC New York

Nov 18 1877

Arthur C Pigou English economist (Wealth & welfare)

Nov 18 1881

Percy Lesueur hockey playerinventor (large goalie glove)

Nov 18 1882

Amelita Galli-Curci Italian operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds)

Nov 18 1882

Jacques Maritain French Catholic philosopher (exponent of St Thomas)

Nov 18 1882

Wyndham Lewis English authorpainter (Tarr Apes of God)

Nov 18 1888

Frances Marion American screenwriter and actress (Pollyanna) born in San Francisco California (d. 1973)

Nov 18 1889

Maria Realino [Frederikus Janssen] teacher (Botany of Curacao)

Nov 18 1895

Ernst Levy Swiss composer born in Basel (d. 1981)

Nov 18 1897

Jules Buffano pianist (Jimmy Durante Show) born in St Louis Missouri

Nov 18 1626 St. Peters Basilica is consecrated replacing earlier basilica worlds largest Christian basilica

Nov 18 1667 Treaty of Bongaja King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC

Nov 18 1686 Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of Frances anal fistula after practising the surgery on several peasants.

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