Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18

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

1730  Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 on January - 18.   

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

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  On January - 18 ferdinand Kauer, composer   

1760  Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1769  On January - 18 hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan   

1777  San Jose CA founded on this day in history.   

1777  San Jose California, founded on January - 18.   

1778  Captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands on January - 18.   

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 January - 18.   

1778  Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) on January - 18.   

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 January - 18.   

1782  Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer on this day in history.   

1788  On January - 18 the first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to setup a penal colony   

1793  William Henry Havergal, composer on this day in history.   

1795  On January - 18 french admitted to Amsterdam without resistance   

1795  On January - 18 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  James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on January - 18.   

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

1817  On January - 18 san Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes   

1817  On January - 18 jacques Gregoir, composer   

1818  Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist on this day in history.   

1820  Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 on this day in history.   

1829  Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge) on January - 18.   

1831  Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer   

1840  Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears on January - 18.   

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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  On this day in history birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer   

1641  On January - 18 birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)   

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  On this day in history birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

1688  On January - 18 birth of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)   

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

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  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on January - 18.   

1479  On January - 18 louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on January - 18.