Historical Events In April - 18

1710  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1740  On April - 18 francis Baring, banker/merchant  

1744  Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot on April - 18.  

1759  On April - 18 jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer  

1764  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer on this day in history.  

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).  

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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  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  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer on this day in history.  

1797  France & Austria signs cease fire on April - 18.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1806  On this day in history ludwig Schuberth, composer  

1809  On this day in history 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England  

1817  On this day in history george Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)  

1818  On this day in history pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59  

1824  Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 on April - 18.  

1830  On this day in history jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62  

1831  On this day in history publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper  

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  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 April - 18.  

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 April - 18 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 this day in history birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)  

1605  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 18.  

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

1530  On April - 18 francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43  

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on April - 18.  

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