Historical Events In May - 18
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1744 On May - 18 joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap)
1756 England declares war on France on this day in history.
1759 Charles Duquesnoy, composer on this day in history.
1765 On May - 18 fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
1767 On May - 18 thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28
1780 Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland on May - 18.
1783 On this day in history first United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.
1788 Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer on this day in history.
1794 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria) on this day in history.
1797 On May - 18 frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)
1798 On May - 18 ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870
1799 Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland
1804 On May - 18 napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor by the French Senate
1804 Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France on May - 18.
1808 On May - 18 jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49
1811 On May - 18 battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the RÃo de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas.
1815 On May - 18 thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep (Confederacy), died in 1891
1817 On May - 18 james William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1819 On May - 18 julius Hopp, composer
1828 On May - 18 battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil
1829 On this day in history bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72
1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower on this day in history.
1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever on this day in history.
1830 On this day in history karl Goldmark, Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala)
1832 On May - 18 bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62
1836 On this day in history isidor Vorobchievici, composer
1839 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57 on May - 18.
1843 On May - 18 united Free Church of Scotland forms
1846 On this day in history uS troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros
1848 Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany on May - 18.
1848 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF on this day in history.
1850 Oliver Heaviside, London, physicist (predicted ionosphere) on this day in history.
1851 On this day in history amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked
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