Page 2: Historical Events In July - 18
Saturday, 12 July 2025
1735 On this day in history johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83
1737 Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians on July - 18.
1743 On July - 18 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
1753 On this day in history lemuel Haynes, escapes from slaveholder in Framingham Mass
1753 Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass on this day in history.
1766 On July - 18 society of the Dutch Literary forms
1768 On July - 18 boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song
1775 On July - 18 continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels
1779 On this day in history commodore Abraham Whipple's squadron captures 11 prizes in largest prize value of Revolutionary War.
1792 John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France on July - 18.
1796 On this day in history feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists
1810 On July - 18 peter Singer, composer
1811 The birth of W.M Thackery, English novelist on this day in history.
1811 William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) on this day in history.
1813 On this day in history u.S. Frigate President captures British Daphne, Eliza Swan, Alert and Lion.
1814 British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc) on this day in history.
1817 Jane Austen, writer, dies on this day in history.
1823 Leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal
1831 On July - 18 thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72
1833 On this day in history joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
1848 On July - 18 william Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer
1853 On July - 18 the first train to cross the US-Canada boundary, Portland, Me.- Montréal, PQ
1853 On this day in history completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine & Montreal
1853 On July - 18 hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902)
1854 On July - 18 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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history battle of Fort Wagner, SC
1863 On this day in history william Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29
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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