Historical Events In April - 18
Sunday, 01 October 2023
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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