Page 3: Historical Events In 1818

May 27   Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons   

May 28   1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched   

May 28   Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumter).   

May 28   The inaugural steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched   

May 31   John Albion Andrew, Gov (Union), died in 1867.   

Jun 03   Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends   

Jun 04   John van Well, choreographer/mime (Pierrot), dies at 44   

Jun 10   Pesaro opera theater opens with Rossini's "La gaza ladra".   

Jun 12   Egwale Seyon, Emperor of Ethiopia   

Jun 17   Charles Francois Gounod, Paris France, opera composer (Faust).   

Jun 21   Ernst II, duke of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93)/composer   

Jun 23   Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances (1879-81)   

Jun 29   Carl P Fohr, German painter/cartoonist, dies at 22.   

Jun 30   Edward John Hopkins, composer.   

Jul 01   Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist   

Jul 06   Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion (1851-66).   

Jul 10   John Stuart "Cerro Gordo" Williams, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

Jul 11   Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born," "Lines Written in the Highlands," and "Gadfly".   

Jul 14   Nathaniel Lyon, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1861   

Jul 15   Heinrich Esser, composer   

Jul 24   Felix Godefroid, composer   

Jul 30   Emily Bronte, English novelist is born   

Jul 30   Emily Jane Bronte, England, novelist (Wuthering Heights).   

Jul 31   Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer.   

Aug 01   Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island   

Aug 02   [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major.   

Aug 03   HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp)   

Aug 04   Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers).   

Aug 07   Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist.   

Aug 13   Lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn).   

Aug 18   William Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879   

Aug 19   CAPT James Biddle takes possession of Oregon Territory for U.S   

Aug 22   Grand duchy of Bathe forms.   

Aug 22   Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85   

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Jan 11   John reese kenly: Bvt major general (union volunteers), died in 1891   

Jan 14   Zacharias topelius: Finnish historical novelist (surgeon's stories)   

Jan 17   Antoine dorion: (l) joint premier of canada (1858, 1863-64)   

Jan 18   Johannes van vloten: Dutch literary/theologist   

Jan 28   George sewall boutwell: Mc (union), died in 1905   

Jan 31   William raine peck: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1871   

Feb 06   William maxwell evarts: (union), died in 1901   

Feb 08   Austin blair: Gov/mc (union), died in 1894   

Jan 01   Fedele fenaroli: Composer,   

Feb 01   Giuseppi gazzaniga: Composer,   

Feb 13   George rogers clark: American military leader (b. 1752)   

Feb 14   John c hespe: Dutch journalist/politician,   

Feb 15   Charles xiii: King of sweden (1809-18)/norway (1814-18),   

Feb 28   Adriaan loosjes pzn: Dut publisher/writer (moral stories),   

Mar 23   Nicolas isouard: Composer,    

Mar 25   Caspar wessel: Danish mathematician (b. 1745)