Page 2: Historical Events In August - 18
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
1735 On August - 18 evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass)
1745 On this day in history vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer
1750 On this day in history the birth of Antonio Salieri, Italian composer
1750 On August - 18 antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare)
1759 On this day in history -19] 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France
1765 Frans I Stefanus, RC German emperor (1745-65), dies at 56 on this day in history.
1769 On this day in history gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000
1769 On August - 18 alexandre Stievenard, composer
1774 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) on August - 18.
1778 On this day in history fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica
1792 On August - 18 john, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66)
1795 On August - 18 curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves
1803 James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67 on August - 18.
1805 On this day in history josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe)
1807 On August - 18 charles Francis Adams, (Union), died in 1886
1811 On this day in history johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78
1813 Benjamin Alvord, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1884 on this day in history.
1817 Gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore on August - 18.
1818 On this day in history william Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
1823 On August - 18 willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian
1830 On this day in history the birth of Franz Joseph I, Austro-Hungarian emperor
1834 On August - 18 mt Vesuvius erupts
1834 Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner (Field Dept Store) on August - 18.
1835 On this day in history last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
1838 On August - 18 first US marine expedition
1838 1st US marine expedition on this day in history.
1840 Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY) on August - 18.
1840 Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73 on August - 18.
1846 Gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe, NM on this day in history.
1846 Gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe NM on August - 18.
1848 On this day in history camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
1849 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer on August - 18.
1850 H de Balzac, writer, dies at 51 on August - 18.
1853 On August - 18 peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73
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