Page 2: Historical Events In September - 18

1759  Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British on September - 18.   

1759  James Wolfe & the French commander Louis Montcalm, killed on this day in history.   

1765  Oliver Holden, composer on September - 18.   

1769  Boston Gazette reports first US piano (a spinet) on this day in history.   

1769  On September - 18 john Harris builds 1st spinet piano (US)   

1772  On September - 18 martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer   

1775  On September - 18 andrew Foulis, bookseller/printer, dies   

1779  Joseph Story, Mass, 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45) on this day in history.   

1783  Leonhard Euler, mathematician, dies on September - 18.   

1786  On this day in history justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer   

1787  On this day in history johann D Passavant, German historian/painter/graphic artist   

1789  1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents & Congress on September - 18.   

1792  On September - 18 gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies   

1793  On this day in history washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building   

1793  Pres Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building on September - 18.   

1797  Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies on this day in history.   

1805  Robert Cowdin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on September - 18.   

1809  Royal Opera House in London opens on this day in history.   

1810  Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) on September - 18.   

1811  On this day in history english expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies   

1812  Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses & 1,000 churchs on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history henry Constantine Wayne, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1818  On this day in history marcellus Augustus Stovall, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1818  Olaf Swaertz, botanist, dies on September - 18.   

1819  The birth of Jean Foucault, French physicist on September - 18.   

1827  On this day in history robert Pollok, poet, dies   

1830  A horse beats the first US made locomotive (near Baltimore) on this day in history.   

1830  On September - 18 horse beats 1st US made locomotive (near Baltimore)   

1830  On September - 18 william Hazlitt, critic/essayist, dies   

1831  On this day in history peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60   

1838  On this day in history anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden   

1838  On September - 18 anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh   

1842  1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published on this day in history.   

1846  Elizabeth Barrett & R Browning exchange last letters before eloping on this day in history.   

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0053  On September - 18 birth of trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)   

1344  On September - 18 birth of marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404)   

1434  On September - 18 birth of eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)   

1574  On September - 18 birth of claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet   

1587  On September - 18 birth of francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)   

1636  On this day in history birth of pietro Sanmartini, composer   

1676  On this day in history birth of eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)   

1684  On September - 18 birth of johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer   

0031  Death of Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed on this day in history.   

0096  On this day in history domitian, Roman emperor, dies   

0887  Death of Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle) on September - 18.   

0993  Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1137  Death of Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered on this day in history.   

1180  On this day in history louis VII, King of France, dies   

1261  Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies on September - 18.   

1426  On this day in history hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies