Historical Events In September - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1759 On this day in history battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British
1759 James Wolfe & the French commander Louis Montcalm, killed on this day in history.
1765 On September - 18 oliver Holden, composer
1769 On September - 18 boston Gazette reports first US piano (a spinet)
1769 John Harris builds 1st spinet piano (US) on this day in history.
1772 On September - 18 martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer
1775 On September - 18 andrew Foulis, bookseller/printer, dies
1779 Joseph Story, Mass, 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45) on this day in history.
1783 Leonhard Euler, mathematician, dies on this day in history.
1786 Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer on September - 18.
1787 On this day in history johann D Passavant, German historian/painter/graphic artist
1789 On September - 18 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents & Congress
1792 Gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies on September - 18.
1793 Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building on this day in history.
1793 Pres Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building on this day in history.
1797 Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies on this day in history.
1805 Robert Cowdin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on this day in history.
1809 Royal Opera House in London opens on this day in history.
1810 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) on this day in history.
1811 English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies on this day in history.
1812 On September - 18 fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses & 1,000 churchs
1815 Henry Constantine Wayne, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.
1818 Marcellus Augustus Stovall, Brig General (Confederate Army) on September - 18.
1818 On September - 18 olaf Swaertz, botanist, dies
1819 The birth of Jean Foucault, French physicist on this day in history.
1827 On September - 18 robert Pollok, poet, dies
1830 On September - 18 a horse beats the first US made locomotive (near Baltimore)
1830 Horse beats 1st US made locomotive (near Baltimore) on September - 18.
1830 William Hazlitt, critic/essayist, dies on September - 18.
1831 On September - 18 peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60
1838 On September - 18 anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden
1838 Anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh on this day in history.
1842 1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published on this day in history.
1846 On September - 18 elizabeth Barrett & R Browning exchange last letters before eloping
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