Page 3: Historical Events In March - 09
Sunday, 18 January 2026
1839 felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928. 

1841 US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) 

1842 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan. 

1844 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice 

1847 commodore David Connor leads successful amphibious assault near Vera Cruz, Mexico. 

1848 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer 

1849 Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres 

1850 alexandre Luigini, composer. 

1856 Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama 

1858 albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox. 

1860 the inaugural Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington DC. 

1860 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington. 

1861 confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1000. 

1862 inaugural battle between ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. 

1862 "Monitor" (Union) and "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads. 

1864 Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army 

1865 margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918). 

1868 The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris 

1870 theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65. 

1873 Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded 

1874 johann Richard Ohlsson, composer. 

1875 Martin Fallas Shaw, composer 

1877 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist 

1877 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 

1881 enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician. 

1882 false teeth patented. 

1883 Umberto Saba, writer 

1887 Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- and post-WWI) 

1889 Battle at Gallabat (Metema); Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV 

1889 Kansas passes inaugural general antitrust law in US 

1889 battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV. 

1890 vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN). 

1892 David Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox) 

1893 congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs. 

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