Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18

1726  Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat on this day in history.   

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 January - 18.   

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

1751  On January - 18 ferdinand Kauer, composer   

1760  On January - 18 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 January - 18.   

1778  Captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

1778  On this day in history 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  On this day in history the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus   

1779  On January - 18 peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

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  William Henry Havergal, composer on January - 18.   

1795  On January - 18 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  On January - 18 joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)   

1815  James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history san Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes   

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

1817  Jacques Gregoir, composer on this day in history.   

1818  Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist on January - 18.   

1820  Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 on this day in history.   

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 January - 18.   

1840  Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on January - 18.   

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  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 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 this day in history death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)   

1479  On January - 18 louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

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

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