Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

1710  On this day in history pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75   

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

1732  George Colman, "the Elder on April - 18.   

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

1740  On this day in history francis Baring, banker/merchant   

1744  On this day in history pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot   

1759  Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer on April - 18.   

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  On this day in history 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).   

1775  On this day in history paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!"   

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

1777  On April - 18 ignac Ruzitska, composer   

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

1786  On April - 18 franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer   

1797  On this day in history france & Austria signs cease fire   

1797  Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on April - 18.   

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  Ludwig Schuberth, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 18 edward Jones, composer, dies at 72   

1830  On April - 18 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 this day in history.   

1835  William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails   

1839  On April - 18 henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)   

1839  Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer on this day in history.   

1842  Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) on this day in history.   

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer on April - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)   

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on April - 18.   

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 April - 18.   

1605  On April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history birth of george Colman, "the Elder   

0680  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on this day in history.   

1556  On April - 18 luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61   

1558  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on April - 18.   

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on this day in history.