Historical Events In July - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1735 On July - 18 johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83
1737 On this day in history battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians
1743 On July - 18 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
1753 On this day in history lemuel Haynes, escapes from slaveholder in Framingham Mass
1753 On this day in history lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass
1766 Society of the Dutch Literary forms on July - 18.
1768 On July - 18 boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song
1775 On this day in history continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels
1779 Commodore Abraham Whipple's squadron captures 11 prizes in largest prize value of Revolutionary War on July - 18.
1792 On July - 18 john Paul Jones dies in Paris, France
1796 Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists on this day in history.
1810 On this day in history peter Singer, composer
1811 On this day in history the birth of W.M Thackery, English novelist
1811 On this day in history william Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)
1813 On July - 18 u.S. Frigate President captures British Daphne, Eliza Swan, Alert and Lion.
1814 On July - 18 british capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)
1817 Jane Austen, writer, dies on this day in history.
1823 Leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 on July - 18.
1827 Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal on this day in history.
1831 On this day in history thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72
1833 On July - 18 joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
1848 On this day in history william Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer
1853 The first train to cross the US-Canada boundary, Portland, Me.- Montréal, PQ on July - 18.
1853 On this day in history completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine & Montreal
1853 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902) on July - 18.
1854 On July - 18 abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
1857 Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French on July - 18.
1861 On this day in history battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68
1862 On this day in history battle of Newburgh, IN
1862 On this day in history victor, Prince Napoleon (Napoleon V), French pretender to throne
1863 On July - 18 battle of Fort Wagner, SC
1863 William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 on this day in history.
1864 On July - 18 president Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
1864 Ricarda Huch, writer on this day in history.
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