Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1710 Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 on April - 18.
1729 Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer on this day in history.
1732 On April - 18 george Colman, "the Elder
1738 On April - 18 real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid.
1740 Francis Baring, banker/merchant on April - 18.
1744 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot on this day in history.
1759 Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer on April - 18.
1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer on April - 18.
1775 On this day in history 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 Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!" on this day in history.
1775 Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!" on this day in history.
1777 Ignac Ruzitska, composer on April - 18.
1783 Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began on April - 18.
1786 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer on April - 18.
1797 France & Austria signs cease fire on this day in history.
1797 Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on this day in history.
1800 On this day in history john Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84
1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) on April - 18.
1806 On April - 18 ludwig Schuberth, composer
1809 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history george Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)
1818 Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1824 Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 on April - 18.
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 this day in history.
1834 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia on April - 18.
1835 On April - 18 william Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt
1838 Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails on April - 18.
1839 Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) on April - 18.
1839 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer on this day in history.
1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) on April - 18.
1845 On this day in history wilhelm Gericke, composer
1845 Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.
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