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 this day in history.   

1732  On January - 18 jean-Guillain Cardon, composer   

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

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

1751  On January - 18 ferdinand Kauer, composer   

1760  On January - 18 claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62   

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

1777  On January - 18 san Jose CA founded   

1777  San Jose California, founded on January - 18.   

1778  On January - 18 captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands   

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 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 this day in history peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

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

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  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 this day in history anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I   

1809  On this day in history 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  On January - 18 san Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes   

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

1817  On this day in history 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 this day in history louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge)   

1831  Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on January - 18.   

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

1840  On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears   

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0885  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on January - 18.   

1519  On this day in history birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)   

1543  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on January - 18.   

1685  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on January - 18.   

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 January - 18.   

0474  On January - 18 death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on January - 18.   

1425  On January - 18 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  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on January - 18.   

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