Page 2: 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 January - 18.   

1732  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer on January - 18.   

1733  The first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on January - 18.   

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

1751  On this day in history ferdinand Kauer, composer   

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

1769  On January - 18 hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan   

1777  On this day in history san Jose CA founded   

1777  San Jose California, founded on this day in history.   

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

1778  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 18 peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

1782  On January - 18 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  On this day in history william Henry Havergal, composer   

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

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

1795  Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I on this day in history.   

1809  Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

1813  Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire) on this day in history.   

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 January - 18 jacques Gregoir, composer   

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

1820  Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 on January - 18.   

1829  On this day in history louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge)   

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

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

1543  On January - 18 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  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 January - 18.   

0052  On January - 18 death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)   

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 January - 18 death of edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)   

1471  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on this day in history.   

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

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)