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Apr 18 1480

Lucrezia Borgia Italian noblewoman daughter of Pope Alexander VI born in Subiaco Lazio Italy (d. 1519)

Apr 18 1521

Franois de Coligny dAndelot French general (Jarnac) and Ruler of van Andelot born in Chtillon-sur-Loing France (d. 1569)

Apr 18 1580

Thomas Middleton English playwright (A Game at Chess) born in London (d. 1627)

Apr 18 1590

Ahmed I 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Emperor (1603-17) constructed the Blue Mosque born in Manisa Palace Manisa Ottoman Empire (d. 1617)

Apr 18 1605

Giacomo Carissimi Italian composer (Jephta) born in Marino Rome (d. 1674)

Apr 18 1729

Gatan Vestris French ballet dancer born in Florence Italy (d. 1808)

Apr 18 1732

George Colman the Elder English dramatist born in Florence (d. 1794)

Apr 18 1740

Francis Baring English merchant and banker born in Larkbeare House Exeter

Apr 18 1744

Pieter t Hoen Dutch journalist and patriot (Neder-Rhijn) born in Utrecht Netherlands

Apr 18 1759

Jacques Widerkehr Alsatian composer born in Strasbourg France (d. 1823)

Apr 18 1764

Bernhard Anselm Weber German pianist conductor and composer born in Mannheim Germany (d. 1821)

Apr 18 1771

Karl Philipp Prince of Schwarzenberg Austrian field marshal born in Vienna Austria (d. 1820)

Apr 18 1777

Ignac Ruzitska Austrian composer born in Bazin Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1833)

Apr 18 1786

Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee Swiss composer born in Lucerne Switzerland (d. 1868)

Apr 18 1803

Charles Ferdinand Pahud Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (1856-61) born in Amsterdam (d. 1873)

Apr 18 1806

Ludwig Schuberth German composer born in Magdeburg Germany (d. 1850)

Apr 18 1813

James McCune Smith African-American doctor and abolitionist born in Manhattan New York (d. 1865)

Apr 18 1817

George Henry Lewes English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) born in London (d. 1878)

Apr 18 1819

Carlos Manuel de Cspedes Cuban revolutionary hero born in Bayamo Spanish Cuba (d. 1874)

Apr 18 1819

Franz von Supp Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer) born in Spalato Dalmatia Austrian Empire (d. 1895)

Apr 18 1838

Paul-mile Lecoq de Boisbaudran French scientist born in Cognac France (d. 1912)

Apr 18 1839

Frantz Jehin-Prume Canadian violinist and composer born in Spa Lige Belgium (d. 1899)

Apr 18 1839

Henry Clarence Kendall Australian poet (Bell Birds) born in Yatte Yattah New South Wales (d. 1882)

Apr 18 1842

Antero Tarqunio de Quental Portuguese poet (Beatrice) born in Ponta Delgada Portugal (d. 1891)

Apr 18 1845

Wilhelm Gericke Austrian composer born in Schwanberg Austria (d. 1925)

Apr 18 1852

George Clausen English painter born in London (d. 1944)

Apr 18 1855

Abraham Bredius Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) born in Amsterdam (d. 1946)

Apr 18 1855

Josef Gruber Austrian organist and composer born Wsendorf in the Wachau (d. 1933)

Apr 18 1857

Clarence Darrow American defense attorney at Scopes Monkey Trial born in Kinsman Ohio (d. 1938)

Apr 18 1859

Eduard Cuypers Dutch architect (Sanatorium High-Laren) born in Roermond The Netherlands (d. 1927)

Apr 18 1864

Richard Harding Davis American journalist and author (Soldiers of Fortune The Kings Jackal) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1916)

Apr 18 1868

Didericus van Epen Dutch genealogist (Dutch Patriarch) born in Amsterdam (d. 1930)

Apr 18 1871

Henry Stephenson British actor (Conquest Little Old NY Mr Lucky) born in Grenada British West Indies (d. 1956)

Apr 18 1025 Bolesaw Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno becoming the first King of Poland

Apr 18 1506 The cornerstone of the current St. Peters Basilica is laid in the Vatican

Apr 18 1518 Bona Sforza is crowned queen consort of Poland

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