Page 2: Historical Events In July - 18

1735  On July - 18 johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83   

1737  On this day in history battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians   

1743  On this day in history 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)   

1753  On July - 18 lemuel Haynes, escapes from slaveholder in Framingham Mass   

1753  On July - 18 lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass   

1766  Society of the Dutch Literary forms on July - 18.   

1768  On July - 18 boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song   

1775  Continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels on this day in history.   

1779  On July - 18 commodore Abraham Whipple's squadron captures 11 prizes in largest prize value of Revolutionary War.   

1792  On this day in history john Paul Jones dies in Paris, France   

1796  On this day in history feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists   

1810  On July - 18 peter Singer, composer   

1811  On this day in history the birth of W.M Thackery, English novelist   

1811  William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) on this day in history.   

1813  U.S. Frigate President captures British Daphne, Eliza Swan, Alert and Lion on this day in history.   

1814  British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc) on July - 18.   

1817  On this day in history jane Austen, writer, dies   

1823  On July - 18 leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901   

1827  Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal on July - 18.   

1831  Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1833  Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63 on July - 18.   

1848  William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer on July - 18.   

1853  The first train to cross the US-Canada boundary, Portland, Me.- Montréal, PQ on July - 18.   

1853  On this day in history completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine & Montreal   

1853  Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902) on July - 18.   

1854  On July - 18 abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41   

1857  On July - 18 louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.   

1861  Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 on this day in history.   

1862  On July - 18 battle of Newburgh, IN   

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  President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service on July - 18.   

1864  Ricarda Huch, writer on this day in history.   

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1340  Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders was born on July - 18.   

1501  On July - 18 birth of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)   

1504  On July - 18 birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)   

1534  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) was born on July - 18.   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on July - 18.   

1634  Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born on this day in history.   

0640  Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies   

1374  On July - 18 francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on this day in history.   

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40   

1608  On July - 18 joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61