Historical Events In October - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1832 On October - 18 othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73
1833 On October - 18 johannes Habert, composer
1837 Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter on this day in history.
1839 French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1844 Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer on October - 18.
1850 On October - 18 francis Thome, composer
1854 On this day in history bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)
1855 On this day in history franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres
1859 Henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927) on October - 18.
1860 The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty on October - 18.
1862 Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY on this day in history.
1862 James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th on this day in history.
1863 On October - 18 battle of Charlestown, WV
1864 David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80
1867 On October - 18 uS takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)
1869 Henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund," premieres in Christiania (Oslo) on October - 18.
1871 On October - 18 louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto)
1872 Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun on October - 18.
1873 On this day in history 1st football game between Toronto Argonauts & Hamilton Tigers
1875 James E K Aggrey, Ghana, US theologian/educationalist on this day in history.
1876 Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 on October - 18.
1877 Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society on this day in history.
1878 On this day in history edison makes electricity available for household usage
1878 On this day in history james Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921, Founding of New England)
1879 On October - 18 grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer
1887 Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG) on this day in history.
1887 On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)
1889 1st all NYC World Series NY Giants (NL) play Bkln (AA) on this day in history.
1889 Fannie Hurst, novelist (Anatomy of Me) on this day in history.
1890 On this day in history john Owen is first man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds
1890 John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds on this day in history.
1890 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt) on October - 18.
1891 1st international 6-day bicycle race in US (MSG, NYC) begins on this day in history.
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