Historical Events In January - 18
Friday, 29 March 2024
1726 Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat on January - 18.
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 On January - 18 the first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
1733 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on this day in history.
1751 On January - 18 ferdinand Kauer, composer
1760 Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1769 Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan on January - 18.
1777 San Jose CA founded on January - 18.
1777 On January - 18 san Jose California, founded
1778 On this day in history captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands
1778 Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) on January - 18.
1778 On this day in history hMS Supply, first ship of Britain's "First Fleet" to Australia, reaches Botany Bay (Sydney).
1778 On this day in history capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
1779 On January - 18 the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus
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 this day in history.
1793 On this day in history 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 January - 18.
1809 On January - 18 richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1813 On January - 18 joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)
1815 On this day in history james Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1817 On January - 18 san Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes
1817 On this day in history san Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes
1817 Jacques Gregoir, composer on this day in history.
1818 Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1840 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.
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