Page 2: Historical Events In May - 18

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

1756  On May - 18 england declares war on France   

1759  Charles Duquesnoy, composer on May - 18.   

1765  Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec on this day in history.   

1767  On May - 18 thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28   

1780  On May - 18 charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland   

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

1788  Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer on this day in history.   

1794  On May - 18 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)   

1797  Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) on May - 18.   

1798  On May - 18 ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870   

1799  Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies on May - 18.   

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

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

1804  Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France on May - 18.   

1808  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 18 thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep (Confederacy), died in 1891   

1817  James William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on this day in history.   

1819  Julius Hopp, composer on this day in history.   

1828  Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil on this day in history.   

1829  Bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72 on May - 18.   

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  Karl Goldmark, Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala) on this day in history.   

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

1836  Isidor Vorobchievici, composer on May - 18.   

1839  On May - 18 carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57   

1843  United Free Church of Scotland forms on this day in history.   

1846  On May - 18 uS troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros   

1848  Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany on May - 18.   

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  On this day in history birth of omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)   

1186  On May - 18 birth of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)   

1474  On May - 18 birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)   

1551  On May - 18 birth of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

1610  Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664) was born on this day in history.   

1662  George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

1692  Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian was born on May - 18.   

1711  Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer was born on this day in history.   

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

1160  On May - 18 erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1551  Death of Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) on this day in history.   

1584  Death of Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) on May - 18.