Historical Events In December - 18
Friday, 29 March 2024
1760 On this day in history knud L Rahbek, Danish literary (Om sku skuespillerkunsten)
1774 Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa on December - 18.
1774 Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia on this day in history.
1777 First national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender on December - 18.
1777 1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender on this day in history.
1779 On this day in history joseph Grimaldi, England, pantomimist ("greatest clown in history")
1779 On December - 18 jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68
1783 English king George III fires govt of Portland on December - 18.
1786 On December - 18 carl Maria von Weber, Germany, romantic composer (Der Freischutz)
1787 New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution on December - 18.
1788 On December - 18 camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer
1793 Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck on this day in history.
1796 First US newspaper to appear on Sunday, Baltimore Monitor on December - 18.
1796 On December - 18 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor)
1799 George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon on December - 18.
1803 William Allen, (Rep/Gov-Oh) on this day in history.
1803 Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1811 Alexander Sandor Asboth, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1868 on this day in history.
1812 Wiktor Kazynski, composer on this day in history.
1813 On this day in history british take Fort Niagara in the War of 1812
1813 On this day in history british take Ft Niagara in War of 1812
1816 Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1871 on December - 18.
1819 On this day in history yakov Petrovich Polonsky, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija)
1825 On December - 18 charles Griffin, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1826 On December - 18 charles-A Chatrian, [Erckmann-C], French writer (L'ami Fritz)
1829 On this day in history jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85
1831 Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history charles Darwins visits Vurland
1835 George Dashiell Bayard, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on December - 18.
1835 On this day in history johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82
1837 A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder (CVP) on this day in history.
1839 First celestial photograph (of the moon) made in US, John Draper, New York NY on December - 18.
1839 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in US, John Draper, NYC on December - 18.
1839 Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 on December - 18.
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