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

1849  On this day in history edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03)  

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

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

1854  On January - 18 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 January - 18 juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies  

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

1857  On January - 18 otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)  

1861  On January - 18 georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.  

1861  American Civil War on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history hans Goldschmidt, German chemist  

1862  On January - 18 confederate Territory of Arizona is formed  

1862  On this day in history confederate Territory of Arizona forms  

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

1865  Battle of Fort Moultrie SC on January - 18.  

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC on January - 18.  

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

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

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

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

1877  On January - 18 samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d.1961)  

1878  On January - 18 hendrik Baels, Belgian politician  

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

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

1881  On January - 18 gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908]  

1882  Alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) on January - 18.  

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0885  On this day in history birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)  

1519  On January - 18 birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)  

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 January - 18 birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)  

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.  

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

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.  

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

0474  On this day in history death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)  

1367  On January - 18 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 January - 18 death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)  

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

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