Historical Events In January - 18
Tuesday, 03 October 2023
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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