Historical Events In May - 18

1744  On May - 18 joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap)  

1756  On this day in history england declares war on France  

1759  On this day in history charles Duquesnoy, composer  

1765  On this day in history fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.  

1767  On this day in history thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28  

1780  On this day in history charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland  

1783  On this day in history first United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.  

1788  On this day in history hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer  

1794  2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria) on this day in history.  

1797  On this day in history frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)  

1798  Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870 on this day in history.  

1799  Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies on this day in history.  

1803  On this day in history britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland  

1804  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor by the French Senate  

1804  On May - 18 napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France  

1808  On May - 18 jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49  

1811  Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas on May - 18.  

1815  Thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep (Confederacy), died in 1891 on May - 18.  

1817  On May - 18 james William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892  

1819  Julius Hopp, composer on May - 18.  

1828  On May - 18 battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil  

1829  On this day in history bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72  

1830  On this day in history edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower  

1830  Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever on May - 18.  

1830  On this day in history karl Goldmark, Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala)  

1832  On May - 18 bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62  

1836  Isidor Vorobchievici, composer on this day in history.  

1839  On this day in history carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57  

1843  On May - 18 united Free Church of Scotland forms  

1846  On this day in history uS troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros  

1848  On this day in history opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.  

1848  On May - 18 william A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF  

1850  Oliver Heaviside, London, physicist (predicted ionosphere) on this day in history.  

1851  Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked on May - 18.  

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1048  Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born on May - 18.  

1186  Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) was born on this day in history.  

1474  On this day in history birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)  

1551  On this day in history birth of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)  

1610  Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664) was born on May - 18.  

1662  On May - 18 birth of george Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)  

1692  Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian was born on this day in history.  

1711  On May - 18 birth of ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer  

0526  On this day in history john I, Pope (523-26), dies  

1160  Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies on May - 18.  

1401  Death of WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 on May - 18.  

1410  On this day in history ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies  

1450  Death of Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) on May - 18.  

1550  Death of John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) on May - 18.  

1551  Death of Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) on May - 18.  

1584  Death of Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) on this day in history.