Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18
Sunday, 02 November 2025
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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