Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

1710  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1775  Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!" on April - 18.   

1777  On April - 18 ignac Ruzitska, composer   

1783  Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began on April - 18.   

1786  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer on this day in history.   

1797  France & Austria signs cease fire on this day in history.   

1797  Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on this day in history.   

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1803  Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) on this day in history.   

1806  On April - 18 ludwig Schuberth, composer   

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

1824  On this day in history edward Jones, composer, dies at 72   

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

1839  On April - 18 frantz Jehin-Prume, composer   

1842  On April - 18 antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)   

1845  On April - 18 wilhelm Gericke, composer   

1845  Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 on April - 18.   

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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  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on this day in history.   

1590  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)   

1590  Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer   

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

1732  On April - 18 birth of george Colman, "the Elder   

0680  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

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  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  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on April - 18.   

1567  On this day in history wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63