Historical Events In April - 18

1710  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1729  On this day in history gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer  

1732  On April - 18 george Colman, "the Elder  

1738  Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid on this day in history.  

1740  Francis Baring, banker/merchant on April - 18.  

1744  Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot on April - 18.  

1759  On this day in history jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer  

1764  On this day in history bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer  

1775  On April - 18 american colonial patriot Paul Revere made his famous ride from Lexington to Concord, Massachusetts, warning the American people that the British “redcoats” had landed and will soon arrive  

1775  At about 10 p.m., three men took to their horses to ride from Boston to Concord, MA to warn the citizens of the approaching British army. The famous poem, "Paul Revere's Ride", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, glorified the Bostonian as the lone rider. He was, in fact, accompanied by William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. Only Prescott made it all the way to Concord. Revere was nabbed by a British cavalry patrol near Lexington, MA (Dawes and Prescott escaped) on April - 18.  

1775  On April - 18 paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!"  

1775  Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!" on this day in history.  

1777  On this day in history ignac Ruzitska, composer  

1783  Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began on this day in history.  

1786  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer on this day in history.  

1797  France & Austria signs cease fire on this day in history.  

1797  Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on this day in history.  

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1803  On April - 18 charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)  

1806  On this day in history ludwig Schuberth, composer  

1809  1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England on April - 18.  

1817  George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) on April - 18.  

1818  Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history edward Jones, composer, dies at 72  

1830  On this day in history jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62  

1831  Publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper on April - 18.  

1834  Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia on April - 18.  

1835  William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt on April - 18.  

1838  Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails on this day in history.  

1839  Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) on April - 18.  

1839  On this day in history frantz Jehin-Prume, composer  

1842  Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) on April - 18.  

1845  On April - 18 wilhelm Gericke, composer  

1845  Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 on April - 18.  

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1480  Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on April - 18.  

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on April - 18.  

1580  On April - 18 birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)  

1590  Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on this day in history.  

1590  Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer  

1729  On April - 18 birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer  

1732  On April - 18 birth of george Colman, "the Elder  

0680  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on April - 18.  

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 18.  

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on April - 18.  

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on April - 18.  

1552  On April - 18 john Leland, antiquary, dies  

1556  On this day in history luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61  

1558  On this day in history death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent  

1567  On April - 18 wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63