Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18

1726  Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat on January - 18.   

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

1732  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer on this day in history.   

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

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  Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan on this day in history.   

1777  San Jose CA founded on January - 18.   

1777  San Jose California, founded on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands   

1778  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1778  Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) on this day in history.   

1779  The birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

1782  On January - 18 daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer   

1788  On this day in history the first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to setup a penal colony   

1793  On this day in history william Henry Havergal, composer   

1795  On this day in history french admitted to Amsterdam without resistance   

1795  Governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England on this day in history.   

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 January - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1817  Jacques Gregoir, composer on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist   

1820  Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 on January - 18.   

1829  Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge) on this day in history.   

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

1835  On January - 18 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  On this day in history birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)   

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  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on this day in history.   

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)   

1685  On January - 18 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 this day in history.   

1367  On this day in history pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46   

1425  On January - 18 death of edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)   

1471  On January - 18 death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)   

1479  On this day in history 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 January - 18.   

1586  On this day in history death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)