Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

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

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer on April - 18.   

1732  On April - 18 george Colman, "the Elder   

1738  On this day in history 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  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 on April - 18.   

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  Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!" on April - 18.   

1775  Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!" on April - 18.   

1777  On this day in history 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 this day in history franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer   

1797  On April - 18 france & Austria signs cease fire   

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

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  Ludwig Schuberth, composer on April - 18.   

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  On April - 18 pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59   

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

1830  Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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  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 April - 18.   

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer on April - 18.   

1845  Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1590  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)   

1590  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)   

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  George Colman, "the Elder was born on April - 18.   

0680  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on this day in history.   

1161  On this day in history death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1504  On this day in history filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52   

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

1552  On April - 18 john Leland, antiquary, dies   

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on April - 18.   

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

1567  On this day in history wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63