Historical Events In December - 18

1760  On this day in history knud L Rahbek, Danish literary (Om sku skuespillerkunsten)  

1774  On December - 18 jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa  

1774  On December - 18 empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia  

1777  First national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender on December - 18.  

1777  1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender on this day in history.  

1779  On this day in history joseph Grimaldi, England, pantomimist ("greatest clown in history")  

1779  Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1783  On December - 18 english king George III fires govt of Portland  

1786  On this day in history carl Maria von Weber, Germany, romantic composer (Der Freischutz)  

1787  On December - 18 new Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution  

1788  On December - 18 camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer  

1793  Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck on this day in history.  

1796  First US newspaper to appear on Sunday, Baltimore Monitor on this day in history.  

1796  1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor) on December - 18.  

1799  On this day in history george Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon  

1803  On December - 18 william Allen, (Rep/Gov-Oh)  

1803  Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1811  Alexander Sandor Asboth, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1868 on December - 18.  

1812  On this day in history wiktor Kazynski, composer  

1813  On December - 18 british take Fort Niagara in the War of 1812  

1813  British take Ft Niagara in War of 1812 on this day in history.  

1816  Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1871 on this day in history.  

1819  On December - 18 yakov Petrovich Polonsky, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija)  

1825  On December - 18 charles Griffin, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867  

1826  On December - 18 charles-A Chatrian, [Erckmann-C], French writer (L'ami Fritz)  

1829  On December - 18 jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85  

1831  Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1832  Charles Darwins visits Vurland on December - 18.  

1835  George Dashiell Bayard, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on December - 18.  

1835  Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1837  A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder (CVP) on this day in history.  

1839  On this day in history first celestial photograph (of the moon) made in US, John Draper, New York NY  

1839  On this day in history 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in US, John Draper, NYC  

1839  Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 on December - 18.  

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1507  On this day in history birth of Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)  

1562  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer  

1569  On this day in history birth of jakob Hassler, composer  

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on December - 18.  

1610  On this day in history birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist  

1620  On this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)  

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on December - 18.  

1633  On this day in history birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised  

0468  On December - 18 death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita  

0821  On this day in history death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans  

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.  

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on December - 18.  

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on this day in history.  

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on this day in history.  

1505  Death of John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on December - 18.  

1565  On December - 18 benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62