Historical Events In April - 18

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1744  Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot on this day in history.   

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

1764  On April - 18 bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer   

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  On April - 18 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  Ignac Ruzitska, composer on this day in history.   

1783  Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began on April - 18.   

1786  On this day in history franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer   

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

1797  On April - 18 louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84 on April - 18.   

1803  Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) on April - 18.   

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  On April - 18 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  On April - 18 publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper   

1834  Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia on this day in history.   

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

1838  On April - 18 wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails   

1839  Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) on this day in history.   

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

1842  On this day in history antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)   

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer on this day in history.   

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

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1480  On this day in history birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)   

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  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  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on April - 18.   

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

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

1530  On this day in history francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43   

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

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

1558  On April - 18 death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent   

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