Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18

1726  On this day in history hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat   

1730  On this day in history peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14   

1732  On January - 18 jean-Guillain Cardon, composer   

1733  On January - 18 the first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)   

1733  On this day in history 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)   

1751  On January - 18 ferdinand Kauer, composer   

1760  Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1769  On January - 18 hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan   

1777  San Jose CA founded on this day in history.   

1777  San Jose California, founded on January - 18.   

1778  Captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands on January - 18.   

1778  On January - 18 captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

1778  HMS Supply, first ship of Britain's "First Fleet" to Australia, reaches Botany Bay (Sydney) on January - 18.   

1778  On January - 18 capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

1779  On January - 18 the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus   

1779  On January - 18 peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

1782  On this day in history daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer   

1788  The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to setup a penal colony on January - 18.   

1793  On this day in history william Henry Havergal, composer   

1795  French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance on January - 18.   

1795  On January - 18 governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England   

1795  Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I on this day in history.   

1809  Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

1813  On January - 18 joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)   

1815  James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history san Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes   

1817  On this day in history san Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes   

1817  On this day in history jacques Gregoir, composer   

1818  Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist on this day in history.   

1820  Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 on this day in history.   

1829  On January - 18 louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge)   

1831  Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer   

1840  Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.   

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0885  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on this day in history.   

1519  Isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer   

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on January - 18.   

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on January - 18.   

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on January - 18.   

1685  On January - 18 birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

1688  On January - 18 birth of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)   

0052  On January - 18 death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)   

0474  On January - 18 death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

1367  On this day in history pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46   

1425  On January - 18 death of edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)   

1471  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on this day in history.   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63   

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on January - 18.