Historical Events In January - 18

1726  On January - 18 hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat   

1730  Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 on this day in history.   

1732  On January - 18 jean-Guillain Cardon, composer   

1733  On this day in history the first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)   

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

1751  On this day in history ferdinand Kauer, composer   

1760  On January - 18 claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62   

1769  Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan on January - 18.   

1777  On this day in history san Jose CA founded   

1777  On January - 18 san Jose California, founded   

1778  Captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands on this day in history.   

1778  On January - 18 captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

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

1778  On this day in history capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

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 January - 18.   

1782  On this day in history daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer   

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

1793  William Henry Havergal, composer on January - 18.   

1795  French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance on this day in history.   

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  Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1817  On January - 18 san Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes   

1817  On this day in history san Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes   

1817  Jacques Gregoir, composer on January - 18.   

1818  On January - 18 johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist   

1820  On this day in history 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  Caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer on this day in history.   

1840  On January - 18 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  Isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on January - 18.   

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1657  On this day in history 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 January - 18 birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

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 January - 18.   

0474  Death of Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) on January - 18.   

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 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 January - 18 antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63   

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on this day in history.