Historical Events In April - 18

1710  On April - 18 pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75  

1729  On April - 18 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 this day in history.  

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

1759  Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer on this day in history.  

1764  On April - 18 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  Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!" on April - 18.  

1775  On April - 18 paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!"  

1777  Ignac Ruzitska, composer on April - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1803  On this day in history 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 April - 18 edward Jones, composer, dies at 72  

1830  Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62 on April - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1838  Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails on this day in history.  

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

1839  On April - 18 frantz Jehin-Prume, composer  

1842  Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) on April - 18.  

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer on this day in history.  

1845  On this day in history nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77  

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

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on April - 18.  

1580  On this day in history birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)  

1590  Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on April - 18.  

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

1605  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on April - 18.  

1729  On April - 18 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 this day in history.  

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on April - 18.  

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

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

1556  On this day in history luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61  

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