Historical Events In January - 18

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

1730  On this day in history peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14   

1732  On January - 18 jean-Guillain Cardon, composer   

1733  The first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on this day in history.   

1733  On this day in history 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)   

1751  Ferdinand Kauer, composer on January - 18.   

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 this day in history san Jose CA founded   

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

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 this day in history.   

1778  On January - 18 hMS Supply, first ship of Britain's "First Fleet" to Australia, reaches Botany Bay (Sydney).   

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 this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer   

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  Governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England on January - 18.   

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  Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire) on January - 18.   

1815  James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on January - 18.   

1817  On January - 18 san Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes   

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

1817  Jacques Gregoir, composer on January - 18.   

1818  On January - 18 johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist   

1820  On this day in history 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  On January - 18 edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

1835  Caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1519  On January - 18 birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)   

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on January - 18.   

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

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on January - 18.   

1672  On January - 18 birth of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)   

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

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

0052  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on January - 18.   

0474  Death of Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) on this day in history.   

1367  On January - 18 pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46   

1425  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on this day in history.   

1471  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on this day in history.   

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 January - 18.   

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on this day in history.