Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

1710  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 on April - 18.   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer on this day in history.   

1732  George Colman, "the Elder on April - 18.   

1738  Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid on this day in history.   

1740  On April - 18 francis Baring, banker/merchant   

1744  On April - 18 pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot   

1759  On this day in history jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer   

1764  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer on April - 18.   

1775  American colonial patriot Paul Revere made his famous ride from Lexington to Concord, Massachusetts, warning the American people that the British “redcoats” had landed and will soon arrive on this day in history.   

1775  On April - 18 at about 10 p.m., three men took to their horses to ride from Boston to Concord, MA to warn the citizens of the approaching British army. The famous poem, "Paul Revere's Ride", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, glorified the Bostonian as the lone rider. He was, in fact, accompanied by William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. Only Prescott made it all the way to Concord. Revere was nabbed by a British cavalry patrol near Lexington, MA (Dawes and Prescott escaped).   

1775  Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!" on April - 18.   

1775  On this day in history paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!"   

1777  On this day in history ignac Ruzitska, composer   

1783  Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began on this day in history.   

1786  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer on this day in history.   

1797  France & Austria signs cease fire on April - 18.   

1797  Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on April - 18.   

1800  On April - 18 john Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84   

1803  On this day in history charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)   

1806  Ludwig Schuberth, composer on April - 18.   

1809  1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England on April - 18.   

1817  George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) on this day in history.   

1818  On April - 18 pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59   

1824  On this day in history edward Jones, composer, dies at 72   

1830  Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1831  On April - 18 publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper   

1834  Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia on this day in history.   

1835  William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails   

1839  Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) on this day in history.   

1839  Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)   

1845  On April - 18 wilhelm Gericke, composer   

1845  On this day in history nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77   

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1480  Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on April - 18.   

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on April - 18.   

1580  On April - 18 birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)   

1590  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)   

1590  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)   

1605  On April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on this day in history.   

1732  On April - 18 birth of george Colman, "the Elder   

0680  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

1161  On April - 18 death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

1530  On April - 18 francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43   

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on April - 18.   

1556  On this day in history luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61   

1558  On this day in history death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent   

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on this day in history.