Page 2: 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 this day in history jean-Guillain Cardon, composer   

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

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

1751  Ferdinand Kauer, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1778  On January - 18 capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

1779  On January - 18 the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus   

1779  Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) on January - 18.   

1782  On January - 18 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  On January - 18 william Henry Havergal, composer   

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

1795  On this day in history governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England   

1795  Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I on this day in history.   

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  On January - 18 james Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1817  San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes on this day in history.   

1817  San Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes on this day in history.   

1817  On January - 18 jacques Gregoir, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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0885  On January - 18 birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)   

1519  Isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on January - 18.   

1543  On January - 18 birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer   

1641  On this day in history birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)   

1657  On this day in history birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)   

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

1685  On this day in history birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

1688  On this day in history 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  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on January - 18.   

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 January - 18.   

1580  On this day in history antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63   

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