Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18

1726  On January - 18 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  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer on this day in history.   

1733  The first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on January - 18.   

1733  On this day in history 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  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  Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) on January - 18.   

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

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

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  William Henry Havergal, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1795  On January - 18 anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I   

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 January - 18.   

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

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

1817  On January - 18 jacques Gregoir, composer   

1818  On this day in history johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist   

1820  On this day in history abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884   

1829  Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge) on this day in history.   

1831  On January - 18 edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

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

1840  On January - 18 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  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on January - 18.   

1672  On January - 18 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  On this day in history death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)   

0474  Death of Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) on January - 18.   

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1425  On this day in history death of edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)   

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

1479  On this day in history louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

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.