Page 3: Historical Events In October - 18

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

1833  On October - 18 johannes Habert, composer   

1837  On this day in history friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter   

1839  French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1844  Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer on this day in history.   

1850  On October - 18 francis Thome, composer   

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

1855  Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927)   

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  Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history james Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th   

1863  Battle of Charlestown, WV on October - 18.   

1864  David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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

1867  US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million) on this day in history.   

1869  Henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund," premieres in Christiania (Oslo) on this day in history.   

1871  Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto) on October - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1876  Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society   

1878  Edison makes electricity available for household usage on October - 18.   

1878  On October - 18 james Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921, Founding of New England)   

1879  Grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1890  John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds on October - 18.   

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

1891  On October - 18 1st international 6-day bicycle race in US (MSG, NYC) begins   

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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 October - 18.   

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 October - 18.   

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

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on October - 18.   

1595  On this day in history 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  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on October - 18.   

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 this day in history death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on this day in history.