Top Historical Events That Happened on August 18

1735  Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass)   

1745  Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer.   

1750  Antonio Salieri, Italian composer is born   

1750  Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare).   

1759  -19] 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France   

1765  Frans I Stefanus, RC German emperor (1745-65), dies at 56   

1769  Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3000.   

1769  Alexandre Stievenard, composer   

1774  Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis and Clark Expedition)   

1778  Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica   

1792  John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66)   

1795  Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves.   

1803  James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67   

1805  Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe)   

1807  Charles Francis Adams, (Union), died in 1886.   

1811  Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78.   

1813  Benjamin Alvord, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1884   

1817  Gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore.   

1818  William Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879.   

1823  Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian.   

1830  Franz Joseph I, Austro-Hungarian emperor is born   

1834  Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner (Field Dept Store).   

1835  Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago   

1838  inaugural US marine expedition   

1838  1st US marine expedition.   

1840  Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY)   

1840  Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73   

1846  Gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe, NM   

1848  Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas   

1849  Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer   

1850  H de Balzac, writer, dies at 51   

1853  Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73.   

1856  Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer.   

1858  Netherlands and Japan sign trade agreement.   

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1414  Jami: Persian poet   

1450  Marko marulic/marulus/splichanin/pechinich: Croatian poet   

1579  Charlotte flandrina van nassau: Daughter of willem i of orange   

1587  Virginia dare: 1st american born of english parents   

1587  1st english child: 1st english child born in new world (virginia dare)   

1596  Jean bolland: Flemish jesuit writer   

1605  Henry hammond: English churchman   

1606  Maria anna of spain: Holy roman empire empress and queen of hungary   

0353  Decentius: Roman usurper   

0849  Death of Walafrid strabo: German monk and theologian   

1227  Genghis khan: Mongol conqueror,   

1236  Death of Theodorus van celles: Monastery founder (kruisheren),   

1258  Death of Theodore ii lascaris: Emperor of the empire of nicaea   

1276  Adrian v: [ottobono fieschi], italian pope (7/11-8/18/1276),   

1318  Death of Clare of montefalco: Italian abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268)   

1430  Thomas de ros: 9th baron de ros, english soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406)