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 this day in history jean-Guillain Cardon, composer   

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

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

1751  Ferdinand Kauer, composer on January - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1777  San Jose CA founded on January - 18.   

1777  On January - 18 san Jose California, founded   

1778  Captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands on this day in history.   

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  Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) on January - 18.   

1779  On this day in history the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus   

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

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 January - 18 william Henry Havergal, composer   

1795  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1815  On this day in history james Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

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

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

1817  On this day in history jacques Gregoir, composer   

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

1820  On January - 18 abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884   

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

1831  On this day in history edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

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  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on January - 18.   

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

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)   

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on this day in history.   

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

1685  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on January - 18.   

0052  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on this day in history.   

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

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on January - 18.   

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 January - 18.   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on January - 18.   

1580  On this day in history 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)