Historical Events In April - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1710 On this day in history pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75
1729 Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer on April - 18.
1732 George Colman, "the Elder on April - 18.
1738 On this day in history real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid.
1740 On this day in history francis Baring, banker/merchant
1744 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot on this day in history.
1759 On April - 18 jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer on this day in history.
1775 On this day in history 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
1775 On April - 18 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).
1775 On this day in history paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!"
1775 On this day in history paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!"
1777 Ignac Ruzitska, composer on this day in history.
1783 On April - 18 fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began.
1786 On April - 18 franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
1797 France & Austria signs cease fire on this day in history.
1797 Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on April - 18.
1800 On April - 18 john Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84
1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) on April - 18.
1806 Ludwig Schuberth, composer on this day in history.
1809 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England on April - 18.
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 April - 18.
1824 On April - 18 edward Jones, composer, dies at 72
1830 On April - 18 jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62
1831 On April - 18 publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper
1834 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia on April - 18.
1835 On this day in history william Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt
1838 On April - 18 wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails
1839 Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) on this day in history.
1839 On this day in history frantz Jehin-Prume, composer
1842 On this day in history antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)
1845 On this day in history wilhelm Gericke, composer
1845 On April - 18 nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77
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