Historical Events In May - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1744 On May - 18 joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap)
1756 On this day in history england declares war on France
1759 Charles Duquesnoy, composer on this day in history.
1765 Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec on May - 18.
1767 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28 on this day in history.
1780 On May - 18 charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland
1783 On this day in history first United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.
1788 Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)
1797 On this day in history frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)
1798 On this day in history ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870
1799 On May - 18 pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies
1803 On this day in history britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland
1804 On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor by the French Senate
1804 Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France on this day in history.
1808 Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49 on May - 18.
1811 Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the RÃo de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas on this day in history.
1815 On May - 18 thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep (Confederacy), died in 1891
1817 James William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on May - 18.
1819 On this day in history julius Hopp, composer
1828 On May - 18 battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil
1829 Bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72 on May - 18.
1830 On this day in history edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower
1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever on May - 18.
1830 On May - 18 karl Goldmark, Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala)
1832 Bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1836 Isidor Vorobchievici, composer on May - 18.
1839 On May - 18 carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57
1843 On May - 18 united Free Church of Scotland forms
1846 US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros on this day in history.
1848 On May - 18 opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
1848 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF on May - 18.
1850 On this day in history oliver Heaviside, London, physicist (predicted ionosphere)
1851 Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked on this day in history.
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