Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

1710  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer.   

1732  George Colman, "the Elder   

1738  Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid   

1740  Francis Baring, banker/merchant   

1744  Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot.   

1759  Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer   

1764  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer   

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   

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)   

1775  Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "the British are coming!".   

1775  Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "British are coming!"   

1777  Ignac Ruzitska, composer.   

1783  Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began.   

1786  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer.   

1797  France and Austria signs cease fire   

1797  Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84.   

1803  Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)   

1806  Ludwig Schuberth, composer   

1809  1st run of 2000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England   

1817  George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)   

1818  Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59.   

1824  Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72   

1830  Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62   

1831  In this year, Publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper   

1834  Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia.   

1835  William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt   

1838  Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails   

1839  Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds).   

1839  Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer   

1842  Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice).   

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer   

1845  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  On this day in history birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)   

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on April - 18.   

1590  Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

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

1552  On this day in history john Leland, antiquary, dies   

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1558  On April - 18 death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent   

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on April - 18.