Historical Events In January - 18

1726  On January - 18 hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat  

1730  Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 on January - 18.  

1732  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer on this day in history.  

1733  The first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on this day in history.  

1733  1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on January - 18.  

1751  On January - 18 ferdinand Kauer, composer  

1760  On this day in history claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62  

1769  Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan on January - 18.  

1777  San Jose CA founded on this day in history.  

1777  On January - 18 san Jose California, founded  

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

1778  On this day in history captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)  

1778  On this day in history hMS Supply, first ship of Britain's "First Fleet" to Australia, reaches Botany Bay (Sydney).  

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

1779  The birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus on January - 18.  

1779  Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) on this day in history.  

1782  On January - 18 daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer  

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

1793  William Henry Havergal, composer on January - 18.  

1795  On January - 18 french admitted to Amsterdam without resistance  

1795  On this day in history governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England  

1795  Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I on January - 18.  

1809  Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on January - 18.  

1813  Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire) on this day in history.  

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

1817  San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes on this day in history.  

1817  San Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes on January - 18.  

1817  On this day in history jacques Gregoir, composer  

1818  On January - 18 johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist  

1820  Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 on January - 18.  

1829  Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge) on January - 18.  

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

1835  On January - 18 caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer  

1840  On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears  

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0885  On this day in history birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)  

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

1543  On January - 18 birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer  

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

1657  On this day in history birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)  

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)  

1685  On this day in history birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized  

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.  

0052  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on January - 18.  

0474  Death of Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) on this day in history.  

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

1425  On this day in history 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  On January - 18 louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61  

1580  On January - 18 antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63  

1586  On January - 18 death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)