Page 2: Historical Events In July - 18
Monday, 12 May 2025
1735 On July - 18 johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83
1737 Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians on this day in history.
1743 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal) on July - 18.
1753 On this day in history lemuel Haynes, escapes from slaveholder in Framingham Mass
1753 On this day in history lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass
1766 Society of the Dutch Literary forms on this day in history.
1768 Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song on July - 18.
1775 On this day in history continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels
1779 Commodore Abraham Whipple's squadron captures 11 prizes in largest prize value of Revolutionary War on this day in history.
1792 John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France on this day in history.
1796 On July - 18 feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists
1810 Peter Singer, composer on July - 18.
1811 The birth of W.M Thackery, English novelist on July - 18.
1811 On this day in history william Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)
1813 U.S. Frigate President captures British Daphne, Eliza Swan, Alert and Lion on this day in history.
1814 On this day in history british capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)
1817 Jane Austen, writer, dies on July - 18.
1823 Leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 on July - 18.
1827 On July - 18 pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal
1831 Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1833 On July - 18 joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
1848 On this day in history william Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer
1853 The first train to cross the US-Canada boundary, Portland, Me.- Montréal, PQ on this day in history.
1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine & Montreal on July - 18.
1853 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902) on this day in history.
1854 On this day in history abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
1857 Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French on July - 18.
1861 Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 on this day in history.
1862 Battle of Newburgh, IN on July - 18.
1862 Victor, Prince Napoleon (Napoleon V), French pretender to throne on this day in history.
1863 Battle of Fort Wagner, SC on this day in history.
1863 William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 on this day in history.
1864 On July - 18 president Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
1864 Ricarda Huch, writer on July - 18.
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