Historical Events In October - 18

1832  Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1833  Johannes Habert, composer on this day in history.  

1837  Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter on this day in history.  

1839  On this day in history french Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68  

1844  On this day in history emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer  

1850  On October - 18 francis Thome, composer  

1854  On October - 18 bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)  

1855  On October - 18 franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres  

1859  Henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927) on October - 18.  

1860  The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty on October - 18.  

1862  On this day in history morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY  

1862  James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th on October - 18.  

1863  Battle of Charlestown, WV on this day in history.  

1864  David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 on October - 18.  

1865  Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1867  On October - 18 uS takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)  

1869  On this day in history henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund," premieres in Christiania (Oslo)  

1871  Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto) on this day in history.  

1872  On this day in history josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun  

1873  1st football game between Toronto Argonauts & Hamilton Tigers on October - 18.  

1875  James E K Aggrey, Ghana, US theologian/educationalist on October - 18.  

1876  On October - 18 francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85  

1877  Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society on October - 18.  

1878  On October - 18 edison makes electricity available for household usage  

1878  James Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921, Founding of New England) on October - 18.  

1879  Grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer on October - 18.  

1887  Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG) on this day in history.  

1887  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG) on October - 18.  

1889  1st all NYC World Series NY Giants (NL) play Bkln (AA) on October - 18.  

1889  Fannie Hurst, novelist (Anatomy of Me) on October - 18.  

1890  John Owen is first man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history john Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds  

1890  [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt) on this day in history.  

1891  1st international 6-day bicycle race in US (MSG, NYC) begins on this day in history.  

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1127  On October - 18 birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)  

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on this day in history.  

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on October - 18.  

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on this day in history.  

1547  On October - 18 birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian  

1569  On October - 18 birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)  

1595  On October - 18 birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)  

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on this day in history.  

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on October - 18.  

1035  On this day in history death of sancho III of Navarre  

1101  On October - 18 death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)  

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on October - 18.  

1216  On this day in history john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies  

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on October - 18.  

1382  On October - 18 death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)  

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on October - 18.