Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

1710  On April - 18 pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer on April - 18.   

1732  On April - 18 george Colman, "the Elder   

1738  On this day in history real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid.   

1740  Francis Baring, banker/merchant on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot   

1759  On this day in history jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer   

1764  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer on this day in history.   

1775  American colonial patriot Paul Revere made his famous ride from Lexington to Concord, Massachusetts, warning the American people that the British “redcoats” had landed and will soon arrive on April - 18.   

1775  At about 10 p.m., three men took to their horses to ride from Boston to Concord, MA to warn the citizens of the approaching British army. The famous poem, "Paul Revere's Ride", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, glorified the Bostonian as the lone rider. He was, in fact, accompanied by William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. Only Prescott made it all the way to Concord. Revere was nabbed by a British cavalry patrol near Lexington, MA (Dawes and Prescott escaped) on this day in history.   

1775  Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!" on April - 18.   

1775  On April - 18 paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!"   

1777  On April - 18 ignac Ruzitska, composer   

1783  On April - 18 fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began.   

1786  On this day in history franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer   

1797  France & Austria signs cease fire on April - 18.   

1797  On April - 18 louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1803  Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) on April - 18.   

1806  On April - 18 ludwig Schuberth, composer   

1809  On this day in history 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England   

1817  George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) on this day in history.   

1818  Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1824  Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 on April - 18.   

1830  On this day in history jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62   

1831  Publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper on this day in history.   

1834  Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia on this day in history.   

1835  William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt on this day in history.   

1838  Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails on April - 18.   

1839  Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) on April - 18.   

1839  Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer on April - 18.   

1842  Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) on this day in history.   

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer on this day in history.   

1845  On April - 18 nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77   

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1480  Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on this day in history.   

1521  On April - 18 birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)   

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on this day in history.   

1590  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)   

1590  Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on April - 18.   

1605  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on April - 18.   

1732  On April - 18 birth of george Colman, "the Elder   

0680  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 18.   

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on April - 18.   

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on April - 18.   

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on April - 18.   

1558  On April - 18 death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent   

1567  On this day in history wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63