Page 3: Historical Events In October - 18

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

1833  Johannes Habert, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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  On October - 18 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 this day in history.   

1869  Henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund," premieres in Christiania (Oslo) on October - 18.   

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

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

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

1875  On this day in history james E K Aggrey, Ghana, US theologian/educationalist   

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

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

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 this day in history grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer   

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  On this day in history fannie Hurst, novelist (Anatomy of Me)   

1890  On October - 18 john Owen is first man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds   

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

1890  On October - 18 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt)   

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

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

1239  On this day in history birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)   

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  On this day in history birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  On this day in history birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on October - 18.   

0707  On October - 18 john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  On October - 18 death of sancho III of Navarre   

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 18.