Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

1710  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 on April - 18.   

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

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

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

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

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 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  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  France & Austria signs cease fire on April - 18.   

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  Ludwig Schuberth, composer on this day in history.   

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  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  On April - 18 charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia   

1835  On this day in history william Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt   

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

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  Wilhelm Gericke, composer on this day in history.   

1845  Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 on April - 18.   

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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  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)   

1590  Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on April - 18.   

1605  On April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer   

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

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

0680  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on April - 18.   

1161  On April - 18 death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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