Historical Events In January - 18

1840  Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.  

1840  Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer on this day in history.  

1841  Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) on January - 18.  

1849  On January - 18 edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03)  

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

1850  On January - 18 british blockade Piraeus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims  

1854  Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW México on January - 18.  

1854  On January - 18 filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico  

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  Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) on this day in history.  

1857  Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) on this day in history.  

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

1861  On this day in history american Civil War  

1861  Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist on January - 18.  

1862  On this day in history confederate Territory of Arizona is formed  

1862  On this day in history confederate Territory of Arizona forms  

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

1865  On this day in history battle of Fort Moultrie SC  

1865  On January - 18 battle of Ft Moultrie, SC  

1869  On this day in history elegant Calif Theater opens in SF  

1869  On January - 18 willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer  

1870  Berend Modderman, printer (Drukkers yearbook) on this day in history.  

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

1871  On this day in history germany has its first emperor, King Wilhelm of Prussia  

1871  William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor on this day in history.  

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

1875  Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1877  Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d.1961) on this day in history.  

1878  On January - 18 hendrik Baels, Belgian politician  

1880  Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis) on January - 18.  

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

1881  Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908] on this day in history.  

1882  On January - 18 alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh)  

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

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

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

1688  On this day in history birth of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)  

0052  On this day in history death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)  

0474  On January - 18 death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)  

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

1425  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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.