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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Aug 18 1450

    Marko MarulicMarulusSplichaninPechinich Croatian poet born in Split Croatia (d. 1524)

    Aug 18 1579

    Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau daughter of Willem I of Orange

    Aug 18 1587

    1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare)

    Aug 18 1596

    Jean Bolland Flemish Jesuit writer and historian (Acta Sanctorum) born in Tirlemont Netherlands (d. 1665)

    Aug 18 1605

    Henry Hammond English churchman born in Chertsey Surrey England (d. 1660)

    Aug 18 1606

    Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary born in El Escorial San Lorenzo de El Escorial Spain (d. 1646)

    Aug 18 1611

    Ludwika Maria Gonzaga French princess and queen of Poland born in Nevers France (d. 1667)

    Aug 18 1657

    Ferdinando Galli Bibiena Italian architect and designer born in Bologna Italy (d. 1743)

    Aug 18 1685

    Brook Taylor English mathematician discoverer of Taylors Theorem born in Edmonton Middlesex England (d. 1731)

    Aug 18 1692

    Louis Henri Duc de Bourbon Prime Minister of France born in Palace of Versailles France (d. 1740)

    Aug 18 1720

    Laurence Shirley 4th Earl Ferrers English murderer (d. 1760)

    Aug 18 1745

    Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner Bohemian composer born in Litomice (d. 1807)

    Aug 18 1754

    Franois marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat French general (d. 1833)

    Aug 18 1769

    Alexandre Stievenard French composer and musician born in Cambrai France (d. 1855)

    Aug 18 1803

    Nathan Clifford American statesman diplomat and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881)

    Aug 18 1805

    Josef Danhauser Austrian painter (Mutterliebe) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1845)

    Aug 18 1807

    Charles Francis Adams Snr. American writer and diplomat US Minister to the UK son of President John Quincy Adams born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1886)

    Aug 18 1813

    Benjamin Alvord American scientist and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Vancouver Washington (d. 1884)

    Aug 18 1818

    William Farquhar Barry American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in NYC New York (d. 1879)

    Aug 18 1819

    Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Duchess of Leuchtenberg born in Peterhof Palace Russia (d. 1876)

    Aug 18 1830

    Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria born in Vienna Austria (d. 1916)

    Aug 18 1834

    Marshall Field American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company born in Conway Massachusetts (d. 1906)

    Aug 18 1849

    Benjamin Godard French composer and violinist born in Paris France (d. 1895)

    Aug 18 1855

    Alfred Wallis English artist and mariner born in Devonport Devon England (d. 1942)

    Aug 18 1856

    Charles H. Gabriel American Gospel composer born in Wilton Iowa (d. 1932)

    Aug 18 1857

    Libert H. Boeynaems Belgian Catholic prelate and the fourth vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands born in Antwerp Belgium (d. 1926)

    Aug 18 1870

    Hugh Bromley-Davenport England cricketer born in Chelford Cheshire England (d. 1954)

    Aug 18 1873

    Leo Slezak Austrian tenor and actor (Othello Zirkus Saran Husaren heraus) born in Mhrisch-Schnberg Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)

    Aug 18 1873

    Otto Harbach American songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes) born in NYC New York (d. 1963)

    Aug 18 1875

    Johan E. Elias Dutch historian (Amsterdams regency) born in Amsterdam (d. 1960)

    Aug 18 1878

    Fritz Brun Swiss composer and conductor born in Lucerne (d. 1959)

    Aug 18 1879

    Aleksandr Rodzyanko Russian lieutenant-general and corps commander of the White Army during the Russian Civil War born in Russia (d. 1970)

    Aug 18 1882

    Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau composer

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Aug 18 1289 Pope Nicolas IV publishes degree Supra montem

    Aug 18 1541 A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date July 27 )

    Aug 18 1564 Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente

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