Historical Events In August - 18
Monday, 01 March 2021
1735 Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass) on this day in history.
1745 On August - 18 vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer
1750 The birth of Antonio Salieri, Italian composer on August - 18.
1750 Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare) on this day in history.
1759 -19] 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France on this day in history.
1765 Frans I Stefanus, RC German emperor (1745-65), dies at 56 on August - 18.
1769 On August - 18 gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000
1769 Alexandre Stievenard, composer on August - 18.
1774 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica
1792 John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66) on this day in history.
1795 Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history james Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67
1805 On August - 18 josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe)
1807 On August - 18 charles Francis Adams, (Union), died in 1886
1811 On this day in history johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78
1813 Benjamin Alvord, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1884 on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore
1818 On August - 18 william Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
1823 On this day in history willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian
1830 The birth of Franz Joseph I, Austro-Hungarian emperor on this day in history.
1834 On August - 18 mt Vesuvius erupts
1834 On August - 18 marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner (Field Dept Store)
1835 On August - 18 last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
1838 First US marine expedition on August - 18.
1838 1st US marine expedition on this day in history.
1840 Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY) on this day in history.
1840 On this day in history antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73
1846 On this day in history gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe, NM
1846 On this day in history gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe NM
1848 Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas on August - 18.
1849 On this day in history benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer
1850 H de Balzac, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.
1853 On August - 18 peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73
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