Page 3: Historical Events In January - 18
Thursday, 11 December 2025
1840 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears on January - 18. 

1840 Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer on January - 18. 

1841 On this day in history alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) 

1849 Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) on January - 18. 

1850 British blockade Piræus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims on January - 18. 

1850 On this day in history british blockade Piraeus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims 

1854 On this day in history filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW México 

1854 Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico on this day in history. 

1854 Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) on this day in history. 

1854 On this day in history juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies 

1856 On this day in history daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) 

1857 On this day in history otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) 

1861 Georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War on January - 18. 

1861 On January - 18 american Civil War 

1861 On this day in history hans Goldschmidt, German chemist 

1862 Confederate Territory of Arizona is formed on January - 18. 

1862 On this day in history confederate Territory of Arizona forms 

1862 John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 on January - 18. 

1865 On January - 18 battle of Fort Moultrie SC 

1865 On this day in history battle of Ft Moultrie, SC 

1869 On January - 18 elegant Calif Theater opens in SF 

1869 Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer on this day in history. 

1870 On January - 18 berend Modderman, printer (Drukkers yearbook) 

1871 2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I & Bismarck on this day in history. 

1871 Germany has its first emperor, King Wilhelm of Prussia on this day in history. 

1871 William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor on January - 18. 

1872 On January - 18 paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) 

1875 On this day in history joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 

1877 On this day in history samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d.1961) 

1878 Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician on this day in history. 

1880 On this day in history paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis) 

1881 The birth of Gaston Gallimard, French publisher on this day in history. 

1881 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908] on January - 18. 

1882 On this day in history alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) 

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