Page 2: Historical Events In November - 18

1776  Hessians capture Fort Lee, NJ on November - 18.   

1776  On November - 18 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  Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist on November - 18.   

1793  On this day in history louvre officially opens in Paris   

1796  Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on November - 18.   

1803  On November - 18 battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French   

1803  Cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet on November - 18.   

1804  On November - 18 palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape   

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

1808  Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history asa Gray, Sauquoit NY, botanist (Flora of North America)   

1812  On November - 18 jesse Johnson Finley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904   

1820  US Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica on this day in history.   

1820  On November - 18 antarctica discovered by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer   

1822  On November - 18 anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66   

1824  On this day in history franz Sigel, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902   

1827  On this day in history wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24   

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

1835  On this day in history -20] Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti   

1835  Americus Vespucius Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 on November - 18.   

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

1839  On November - 18 august A Kundt, German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt)   

1841  On November - 18 georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77   

1845  On this day in history john F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde)   

1846  On November - 18 aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician   

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

1852  State funeral of duke of Wellington (London) on this day in history.   

1852  Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1860  Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20) on November - 18.   

1863  On this day in history richard Dehmel, writer   

1865  On this day in history mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"   

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on November - 18.   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  On this day in history birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

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

1742  On this day in history birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on this day in history.   

0942  On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  On this day in history 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  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on this day in history.   

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on this day in history.   

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1603  On November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on November - 18.