Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18

1726  Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat on January - 18.   

1730  Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 on January - 18.   

1732  On January - 18 jean-Guillain Cardon, composer   

1733  The first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on this day in history.   

1733  1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on this day in history.   

1751  On January - 18 ferdinand Kauer, composer   

1760  Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1777  San Jose CA founded on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history san Jose California, founded   

1778  Captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands on January - 18.   

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  On January - 18 capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

1779  The birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history william Henry Havergal, composer   

1795  On January - 18 french admitted to Amsterdam without resistance   

1795  On this day in history governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England   

1795  On January - 18 anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I   

1809  Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on January - 18.   

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  On this day in history san Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes   

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  On January - 18 louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge)   

1831  On January - 18 edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

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  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On January - 18 birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)   

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on January - 18.   

1641  On this day in history birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)   

1657  On January - 18 birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)   

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

1685  On this day in history birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46   

1425  On this day in history death of edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)   

1471  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on January - 18.   

1586  On this day in history death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)