Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

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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1480  Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on April - 18.   

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on April - 18.   

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 April - 18.   

1590  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)   

1605  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on April - 18.   

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

1161  On this day in history death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1504  On this day in history filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52   

1530  On this day in history francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43   

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

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on April - 18.   

1558  On this day in history death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent   

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on this day in history.