Page 2: Historical Events In August - 18
Monday, 09 February 2026
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 Mt Vesuvius erupts. 

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. 

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. 

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