Historical Events In December - 18
Monday, 04 July 2022
1760 Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary (Om sku skuespillerkunsten) on December - 18.
1774 On this day in history jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa
1774 On December - 18 empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia
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 Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 on December - 18.
1783 On December - 18 english king George III fires govt of Portland
1786 On December - 18 carl Maria von Weber, Germany, romantic composer (Der Freischutz)
1787 On this day in history new Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution
1788 Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer on this day in history.
1793 On December - 18 surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
1796 First US newspaper to appear on Sunday, Baltimore Monitor on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor)
1799 On this day in history george Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon
1803 On this day in history william Allen, (Rep/Gov-Oh)
1803 Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1811 On December - 18 alexander Sandor Asboth, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1812 Wiktor Kazynski, composer on this day in history.
1813 British take Fort Niagara in the War of 1812 on December - 18.
1813 On December - 18 british take Ft Niagara in War of 1812
1816 On December - 18 alfred Elzey Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
1819 On this day in history yakov Petrovich Polonsky, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija)
1825 On this day in history charles Griffin, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1826 On this day in history charles-A Chatrian, [Erckmann-C], French writer (L'ami Fritz)
1829 On December - 18 jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85
1831 On December - 18 willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75
1832 On this day in history charles Darwins visits Vurland
1835 George Dashiell Bayard, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.
1835 Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1837 On December - 18 a Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder (CVP)
1839 On this day in history first celestial photograph (of the moon) made in US, John Draper, New York NY
1839 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in US, John Draper, NYC on December - 18.
1839 Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
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