Historical Events In September - 18
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1759 On this day in history battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British
1759 James Wolfe & the French commander Louis Montcalm, killed on this day in history.
1765 On September - 18 oliver Holden, composer
1769 Boston Gazette reports first US piano (a spinet) on this day in history.
1769 John Harris builds 1st spinet piano (US) on September - 18.
1772 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer on September - 18.
1775 On September - 18 andrew Foulis, bookseller/printer, dies
1779 On September - 18 joseph Story, Mass, 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45)
1783 Leonhard Euler, mathematician, dies on this day in history.
1786 On this day in history justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer
1787 On September - 18 johann D Passavant, German historian/painter/graphic artist
1789 On September - 18 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents & Congress
1792 Gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies on September - 18.
1793 Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building on September - 18.
1793 Pres Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building on this day in history.
1797 Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies on September - 18.
1805 On September - 18 robert Cowdin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1809 On September - 18 royal Opera House in London opens
1810 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) on this day in history.
1811 On September - 18 english expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies
1812 Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses & 1,000 churchs on September - 18.
1815 Henry Constantine Wayne, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history marcellus Augustus Stovall, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1818 On this day in history olaf Swaertz, botanist, dies
1819 On this day in history the birth of Jean Foucault, French physicist
1827 Robert Pollok, poet, dies on this day in history.
1830 A horse beats the first US made locomotive (near Baltimore) on September - 18.
1830 On September - 18 horse beats 1st US made locomotive (near Baltimore)
1830 On this day in history william Hazlitt, critic/essayist, dies
1831 On this day in history peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60
1838 Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden on this day in history.
1838 On this day in history anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh
1842 1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published on September - 18.
1846 On September - 18 elizabeth Barrett & R Browning exchange last letters before eloping
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