Historical Events In December - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1760 On December - 18 knud L Rahbek, Danish literary (Om sku skuespillerkunsten)
1774 Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa on this day in history.
1774 Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia on this day in history.
1777 On this day in history first national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender
1777 1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender on December - 18.
1779 On December - 18 joseph Grimaldi, England, pantomimist ("greatest clown in history")
1779 On this day in history jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68
1783 English king George III fires govt of Portland on December - 18.
1786 Carl Maria von Weber, Germany, romantic composer (Der Freischutz) on this day in history.
1787 New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution on December - 18.
1788 Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer on this day in history.
1793 Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck on December - 18.
1796 On December - 18 first US newspaper to appear on Sunday, Baltimore Monitor
1796 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor) on December - 18.
1799 George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon on this day in history.
1803 On December - 18 william Allen, (Rep/Gov-Oh)
1803 On December - 18 johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59
1811 On December - 18 alexander Sandor Asboth, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1812 Wiktor Kazynski, composer on this day in history.
1813 British take Fort Niagara in the War of 1812 on this day in history.
1813 On this day in history british take Ft Niagara in War of 1812
1816 On this day in history alfred Elzey Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
1819 Yakov Petrovich Polonsky, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija) on December - 18.
1825 Charles Griffin, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on December - 18.
1826 On this day in history charles-A Chatrian, [Erckmann-C], French writer (L'ami Fritz)
1829 Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85 on December - 18.
1831 Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history charles Darwins visits Vurland
1835 On December - 18 george Dashiell Bayard, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1835 On December - 18 johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82
1837 On December - 18 a Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder (CVP)
1839 On this day in history first celestial photograph (of the moon) made in US, John Draper, New York NY
1839 On December - 18 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in US, John Draper, NYC
1839 Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
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