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May 18 1048

Omar Khayym Persian mathematician poet and philosopher (d. 1131)

May 18 1186

Konstantin of Rostov Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)

May 18 1610

Stefano della Bella Italian printmaker (d. 1664)

May 18 1662

George Smalridge English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)

May 18 1692

Joseph Butler English theologian and bishop born in Wantage England (d. 1752)

May 18 1711

Ruggiero G Boscovich [Rudzer J Boskovic] Italian astronomer

May 18 1742

Lionel Lukin British life boat pioneer born in Great Dunmow Essex (d. 1834)

May 18 1744

Joseph Beer Bohemia clarinetistcomposer (5th clarinet flap)

May 18 1797

Frederick Augustus II King of Saxony (1836-54)

May 18 1798

Ethan Allen Hitchcock American Major General (Union Army) born in Vergennes Vermont (d. 1870)

May 18 1815

Thomas Stanhope Bocock rep (Confederacy) (d. 1891)

May 18 1817

James William Denver American lawyer politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Winchester Virginia (d. 1892)

May 18 1819

Julius Hopp Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1885)

May 18 1830

Karl Goldmark Austro-Hungarian composer (Sakuhtala) born in Keszthely Hungary (d. 1915)

May 18 1759

Charles Duquesnoy South Netherlands composer and singer born in Beuzet (d. 1822)

May 18 1778

Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)

May 18 1788

Hugh Clapperton Scottish explorer of Africa born in Annan Scotland (d. 1827)

May 18 1836

Isidor Vorobchievici Urainian composer born in Chernivtsi Ukraine (d. 1903)

May 18 1850

Oliver Heaviside physicist (predicted ionosphere) born in London England

May 18 1851

James Budd American politician Governor of California (1895-99) born in Janesville Wisconsin (d. 1908)

May 18 1852

Gertrude Ksebier pioneering American photgrapher born in Des Moines Iowa

May 18 1854

Bernard Zweers Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel To My Fatherland) born in Amsterdam (d. 1924)

May 18 1862

Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing German para-psychologist

May 18 1863

William Heinemann English publisher (Heinnemann) born in Surbiton England (d. 1920)

May 18 1864

Jan P Veth Bayern Dutch painter etcher lithographer and art historian

May 18 1869

Ruprecht crown prince of Bavariageneral-fieldmarshall

May 18 1871

Franiska [Franny] zu Reventlow German writer and feminist born in Husum Germany (d. 1918)

May 18 1875

Guido Alberto Fano Italian composer and pianist born in Padua (d. 1961)

May 18 1882

Eduardo Fabini Uruguayan composer born in Sols de Mataojo Uruguay (d. 1950)

May 18 1882

Babe Adams American baseball player (d. 1968)

May 18 1883

Walter Gropius architect (Bauhaus school of design) born in Berlin Germany

May 18 1885

Eurico Gaspar Dutra Brazilian leader President of Brazil (1945-50) born in Cuiab Brazil (d. 1974)

May 18 1886

Ole Windingstad Norwegian composer (The Tide) born in Sandefjord Norway (d. 1959)

May 18 1268 The Principality of Antioch a crusader state falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch

May 18 1291 Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil and his forces take the last Christian stronghold of Acre

May 18 1291 After 100 years of crusader control Acre is the last crusader stronghold reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil

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