Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18

1726  Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat on this day in history.   

1730  On this day in history peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14   

1732  On January - 18 jean-Guillain Cardon, composer   

1733  On January - 18 the first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)   

1733  1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on January - 18.   

1751  On this day in history ferdinand Kauer, composer   

1760  On this day in history claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62   

1769  Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan on this day in history.   

1777  San Jose CA founded on January - 18.   

1777  San Jose California, founded on January - 18.   

1778  On this day in history captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands   

1778  Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) on January - 18.   

1778  On January - 18 hMS Supply, first ship of Britain's "First Fleet" to Australia, reaches Botany Bay (Sydney).   

1778  Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) on January - 18.   

1779  On this day in history the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus   

1779  Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) on this day in history.   

1782  Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer on January - 18.   

1788  On January - 18 the first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to setup a penal colony   

1793  On January - 18 william Henry Havergal, composer   

1795  On this day in history french admitted to Amsterdam without resistance   

1795  On January - 18 governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England   

1795  Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I on January - 18.   

1809  On this day in history richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

1813  On this day in history joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)   

1815  James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on January - 18.   

1817  San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes on this day in history.   

1817  On January - 18 san Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes   

1817  On this day in history jacques Gregoir, composer   

1818  On this day in history johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist   

1820  On January - 18 abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884   

1829  Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge) on January - 18.   

1831  Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1835  On January - 18 caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer   

1840  On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears   

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0885  On January - 18 birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)   

1519  On this day in history birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)   

1543  On this day in history birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer   

1641  On January - 18 birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)   

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on January - 18.   

1672  On January - 18 birth of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)   

1685  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)   

0052  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on this day in history.   

0474  On this day in history death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on January - 18.   

1425  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on January - 18.   

1471  On January - 18 death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)   

1479  On January - 18 louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

1580  On this day in history antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63   

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on January - 18.