Page 3: Historical Events In March - 12
Saturday, 18 April 2026
1832 Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45 

1834 Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33 

1835 Simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer 

1837 Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer. 

1838 William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye) 

1840 Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61. 

1848 Second republic established in France. 

1848 2nd republic established in France 

1848 Cyrill Kistler, composer 

1849 The inaugural gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California. 

1849 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif 

1850 US $20 gold piece inaugural issued. 

1850 1st US $20 gold piece issued. 

1852 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75. 

1855 John White, composer 

1857 A Great Western Railway train breaks an axle while crossing a swing bridge and plunges into the Desjardins Canal near Hamilton. 59 people are killed. 

1857 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice 

1859 Josef Cyril Sychra, composer 

1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists 

1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 

1860 Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer. 

1862 Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross). 

1863 Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet. 

1865 Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri 

1867 Last French troops leave Mexico. 

1868 Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax 

1868 Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa. 

1868 Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa 

1874 Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer. 

1875 Julio Garreta, composer. 

1877 Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony 

1877 British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa 

1877 Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia 

1877 Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52. 

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