Historical Events In January - 18
Friday, 24 March 2023
1726 On this day in history hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat
1730 On January - 18 peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
1732 On this day in history jean-Guillain Cardon, composer
1733 On this day in history the first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
1733 On January - 18 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
1751 Ferdinand Kauer, composer on this day in history.
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 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 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 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) on this day in history.
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 On January - 18 william Henry Havergal, composer
1795 French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance on January - 18.
1795 Governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England on January - 18.
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 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 San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes on January - 18.
1817 San Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes on January - 18.
1817 On January - 18 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 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 January - 18.
1840 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.
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