Page 3: Historical Events In January - 18

1840  Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears on January - 18.   

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

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  British blockade Piræus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1854  On this day in history thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone)   

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

1856  Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) on January - 18.   

1857  Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) on January - 18.   

1861  On this day in history georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.   

1861  American Civil War on this day in history.   

1861  Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist on this day in history.   

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

1862  Confederate Territory of Arizona forms on this day in history.   

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

1865  Battle of Fort Moultrie SC on this day in history.   

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC on this day in history.   

1869  Elegant Calif Theater opens in SF on January - 18.   

1869  Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer on January - 18.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1872  Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) on this day in history.   

1875  On January - 18 joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55   

1877  Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d.1961) on January - 18.   

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

1880  Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis) on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history the birth of Gaston Gallimard, French publisher   

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

1882  Alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) 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  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 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  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  On January - 18 death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on January - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on January - 18.   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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