Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18
Saturday, 19 April 2025
1710 Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 on April - 18.
1729 Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer on April - 18.
1732 On April - 18 george Colman, "the Elder
1738 On April - 18 real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid.
1740 On this day in history francis Baring, banker/merchant
1744 On this day in history pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot
1759 On this day in history jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer on April - 18.
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 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).
1775 On April - 18 paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!"
1775 Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!" on April - 18.
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 On this day in history franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
1797 France & Austria signs cease fire on this day in history.
1797 On this day in history louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France
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 On this day in history 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England
1817 On April - 18 george Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)
1818 Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59 on April - 18.
1824 Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1834 On April - 18 charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia
1835 William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt on this day in history.
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 this day in history frantz Jehin-Prume, composer
1842 On this day in history antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)
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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