Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

1710  On April - 18 pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75   

1729  On April - 18 gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer   

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

1738  Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid on April - 18.   

1740  On this day in history francis Baring, banker/merchant   

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

1759  Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On April - 18 paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!"   

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

1777  Ignac Ruzitska, composer on this day in history.   

1783  Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began on April - 18.   

1786  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer on April - 18.   

1797  On this day in history france & Austria signs cease fire   

1797  On April - 18 louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

1800  On this day in history john Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84   

1803  Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) on April - 18.   

1806  Ludwig Schuberth, composer on April - 18.   

1809  1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England on this day in history.   

1817  George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) on April - 18.   

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

1824  Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 on April - 18.   

1830  On this day in history jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62   

1831  Publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper on April - 18.   

1834  On April - 18 charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia   

1835  William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt on April - 18.   

1838  On April - 18 wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails   

1839  Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) on April - 18.   

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

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

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer on this day in history.   

1845  On April - 18 nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77   

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1480  On April - 18 birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)   

1521  On April - 18 birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)   

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on April - 18.   

1590  Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on April - 18.   

1590  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)   

1605  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on April - 18.   

1729  On this day in history birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer   

1732  On this day in history birth of george Colman, "the Elder   

0680  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on this day in history.   

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

1504  On this day in history filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52   

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

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on this day in history.   

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on April - 18.   

1558  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on April - 18.   

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on April - 18.