Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18
Friday, 18 July 2025
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 George Colman, "the Elder on this day in history.
1738 Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid on April - 18.
1740 On April - 18 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 this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!" on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history john Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84
1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) on April - 18.
1806 Ludwig Schuberth, composer on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
1831 On this day in history publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper
1834 On April - 18 charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia
1835 William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt on April - 18.
1838 Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails on this day in history.
1839 On April - 18 henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)
1839 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer on this day in history.
1842 Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) on April - 18.
1845 On this day in history wilhelm Gericke, composer
1845 Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.
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