Historical Events In October - 18

1832  On this day in history othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73   

1833  Johannes Habert, composer on this day in history.   

1837  Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter on this day in history.   

1839  French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1844  Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history francis Thome, composer   

1854  On this day in history bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)   

1855  On October - 18 franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres   

1859  On this day in history henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927)   

1860  The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty on October - 18.   

1862  On October - 18 morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY   

1862  On October - 18 james Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th   

1863  Battle of Charlestown, WV on October - 18.   

1864  David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1865  Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1867  On October - 18 uS takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)   

1869  Henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund," premieres in Christiania (Oslo) on this day in history.   

1871  Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto) on October - 18.   

1872  On October - 18 josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun   

1873  1st football game between Toronto Argonauts & Hamilton Tigers on this day in history.   

1875  On October - 18 james E K Aggrey, Ghana, US theologian/educationalist   

1876  Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 on October - 18.   

1877  Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history edison makes electricity available for household usage   

1878  James Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921, Founding of New England) on this day in history.   

1879  On October - 18 grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer   

1887  On October - 18 start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)   

1887  On October - 18 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)   

1889  1st all NYC World Series NY Giants (NL) play Bkln (AA) on this day in history.   

1889  On October - 18 fannie Hurst, novelist (Anatomy of Me)   

1890  On this day in history john Owen is first man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds   

1890  John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds on October - 18.   

1890  On October - 18 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt)   

1891  1st international 6-day bicycle race in US (MSG, NYC) begins on this day in history.   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

1239  On this day in history birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)   

1405  On October - 18 birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on October - 18.   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on October - 18.   

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on October - 18.   

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on October - 18.   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on October - 18.   

0707  On October - 18 john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on October - 18.   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on this day in history.   

1216  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on this day in history.   

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on this day in history.   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on October - 18.