Historical Events In January - 18

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

1730  On January - 18 peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14  

1732  On this day in history jean-Guillain Cardon, composer  

1733  On this day in history the first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)  

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

1751  Ferdinand Kauer, composer on this day in history.  

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

1769  On this day in history hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan  

1777  San Jose CA founded on January - 18.  

1777  San Jose California, founded on January - 18.  

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

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  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  Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer on January - 18.  

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  French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance on January - 18.  

1795  Governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England on January - 18.  

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

1809  On January - 18 richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  

1813  Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire) on January - 18.  

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 January - 18.  

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

1817  On January - 18 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  Caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer on January - 18.  

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

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0885  On January - 18 birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)  

1519  Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on January - 18.  

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

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

1657  On January - 18 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  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 this day in history.  

0052  On this day in history death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)  

0474  On this day in history 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  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on this day in history.  

1471  On January - 18 death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)  

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

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

1586  On this day in history death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)