Historical Events In October - 18

1832  Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73 on October - 18.   

1833  On October - 18 johannes Habert, composer   

1837  On October - 18 friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter   

1839  French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 on October - 18.   

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

1850  On this day in history francis Thome, composer   

1854  Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket) on October - 18.   

1855  Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres on October - 18.   

1859  On October - 18 henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927)   

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

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 October - 18.   

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

1865  On this day in history lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80   

1867  US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million) on October - 18.   

1869  On October - 18 henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund," premieres in Christiania (Oslo)   

1871  On October - 18 louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto)   

1872  Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun on October - 18.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history james Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921, Founding of New England)   

1879  On October - 18 grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer   

1887  On this day in history start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)   

1887  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)   

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

1889  On October - 18 fannie Hurst, novelist (Anatomy of Me)   

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

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

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on this day in history.   

1239  On October - 18 birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)   

1405  On October - 18 birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  On this day in history birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

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

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on this day in history.   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on this day in history.   

1216  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on October - 18.   

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

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on this day in history.   

1417  On this day in history gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies