Historical Events In September - 18

1848  Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner on September - 18.  

1849  On this day in history de Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns  

1850  Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850 on this day in history.  

1851  On this day in history new York Times publishes for the first time  

1851  NY Times starts publishing on this day in history.  

1851  On September - 18 new York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy)  

1857  On September - 18 karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer, dies at 72  

1860  Alberto Franchetti, composer on September - 18.  

1860  On this day in history casimiro de Abreu, Brazilians poet (Primaveras), dies  

1862  On this day in history confederate armies officially divide into corps  

1863  On September - 18 hermann Kutter, Swiss Christ-social theologist  

1864  On September - 18 battle of Martinsburg WV  

1870  On this day in history clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian)  

1872  King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway on September - 18.  

1872  Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies on September - 18.  

1873  Govt bond agent Jay Cooke & Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St on September - 18.  

1874  Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten) on this day in history.  

1875  On this day in history tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d.1945)  

1876  On this day in history milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Pesme)  

1877  Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow) on this day in history.  

1879  On September - 18 the Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.  

1881  On this day in history chicago Tribune reports on a televide experiment  

1881  On September - 18 chicago Tribune reports on a televideo experiment  

1882  Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as the Local Security Board) on September - 18.  

1882  Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board) on September - 18.  

1883  Lord Berners, [Gerald Tyrwhitt], England, composer (1st Childhood) on this day in history.  

1885  On this day in history riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.  

1885  Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer on this day in history.  

1888  On September - 18 start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Sign of Four" (BG)  

1888  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four" (BG) on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history vladimir Ambros, composer  

1890  On September - 18 dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor/playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67  

1891  On September - 18 harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief  

1893  Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer (Jamaican Rumba) on this day in history.  

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0053  Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117) was born on this day in history.  

1344  Marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404) was born on September - 18.  

1434  Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467) was born on this day in history.  

1574  On this day in history birth of claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet  

1587  On this day in history birth of francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)  

1636  On September - 18 birth of pietro Sanmartini, composer  

1676  On September - 18 birth of eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)  

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

0031  On September - 18 death of sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed  

0096  Domitian, Roman emperor, dies on September - 18.  

0887  On this day in history death of pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)  

0993  On September - 18 arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle  

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

1180  Louis VII, King of France, dies on this day in history.  

1261  On this day in history koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1426  Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies on this day in history.