Page 2: Historical Events In November - 18

1776  On this day in history hessians capture Fort Lee, NJ   

1776  On this day in history hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ   

1781  On this day in history felice Blangini, composer   

1786  On November - 18 henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor   

1787  1st Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston on this day in history.   

1787  On this day in history sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist   

1793  Louvre officially opens in Paris on this day in history.   

1796  On November - 18 catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67   

1803  Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet   

1804  Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape on November - 18.   

1805  On November - 18 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes   

1808  On November - 18 antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer   

1810  On November - 18 asa Gray, Sauquoit NY, botanist (Flora of North America)   

1812  On this day in history jesse Johnson Finley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904   

1820  On November - 18 uS Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica   

1820  Antarctica discovered by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer on November - 18.   

1822  Anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1824  Franz Sigel, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 on November - 18.   

1827  Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history netherlands & Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven   

1835  On November - 18 -20] Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti   

1835  On November - 18 americus Vespucius Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904   

1836  On this day in history william Schwenck Gilbert, London, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan)   

1839  August A Kundt, German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt) on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77   

1845  John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde) on November - 18.   

1846  Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80   

1852  On November - 18 state funeral of duke of Wellington (London)   

1852  On this day in history anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60   

1860  On this day in history ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20)   

1863  On November - 18 richard Dehmel, writer   

1865  Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" on this day in history.   

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1522  On November - 18 birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on November - 18.   

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.   

1727  On November - 18 birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on November - 18.   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

0942  On November - 18 odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  On November - 18 death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)   

1170  On this day in history albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1305  On November - 18 death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  On this day in history death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on November - 18.   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1630  On November - 18 death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried