Historical Events In May - 18
Thursday, 18 April 2024
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 RÃo 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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