Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

1710  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1740  Francis Baring, banker/merchant on April - 18.   

1744  On this day in history pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot   

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

1764  On April - 18 bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer   

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

1775  On April - 18 paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!"   

1777  Ignac Ruzitska, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1797  France & Austria signs cease fire on this day in history.   

1797  On this day in history louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84 on April - 18.   

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

1806  Ludwig Schuberth, composer on this day in history.   

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

1817  On this day in history george Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)   

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

1824  On April - 18 edward Jones, composer, dies at 72   

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

1831  On this day in history 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 April - 18 wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails   

1839  On April - 18 henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)   

1839  On April - 18 frantz Jehin-Prume, composer   

1842  On April - 18 antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)   

1845  On April - 18 wilhelm Gericke, composer   

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

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1480  On this day in history 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  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)   

1590  Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on April - 18.   

1605  On this day in history birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer   

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

1732  George Colman, "the Elder was born on this day in history.   

0680  On April - 18 mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1504  On April - 18 filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52   

1530  On this day in history francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43   

1552  On this day in history john Leland, antiquary, dies   

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1558  On April - 18 death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent   

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