Page 2: Historical Events In July - 18

1735  On this day in history johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83   

1737  On this day in history battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians   

1743  1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal) on this day in history.   

1753  On July - 18 lemuel Haynes, escapes from slaveholder in Framingham Mass   

1753  On July - 18 lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass   

1766  On this day in history society of the Dutch Literary forms   

1768  On this day in history boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song   

1775  Continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history commodore Abraham Whipple's squadron captures 11 prizes in largest prize value of Revolutionary War.   

1792  John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France on July - 18.   

1796  Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists on July - 18.   

1810  On this day in history peter Singer, composer   

1811  On this day in history the birth of W.M Thackery, English novelist   

1811  William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) on July - 18.   

1813  U.S. Frigate President captures British Daphne, Eliza Swan, Alert and Lion on this day in history.   

1814  British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc) on this day in history.   

1817  Jane Austen, writer, dies on July - 18.   

1823  Leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 on July - 18.   

1827  On this day in history pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal   

1831  Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 on July - 18.   

1833  On July - 18 joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63   

1848  On July - 18 william Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer   

1853  On July - 18 the first train to cross the US-Canada boundary, Portland, Me.- Montréal, PQ   

1853  Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine & Montreal on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902)   

1854  On July - 18 abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41   

1857  Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French on July - 18.   

1861  On July - 18 battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68   

1862  On July - 18 battle of Newburgh, IN   

1862  On this day in history victor, Prince Napoleon (Napoleon V), French pretender to throne   

1863  On July - 18 battle of Fort Wagner, SC   

1863  William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 on this day in history.   

1864  President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service on this day in history.   

1864  Ricarda Huch, writer on July - 18.   

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1340  Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders was born on July - 18.   

1501  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.   

1504  On July - 18 birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)   

1534  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on July - 18.   

1634  Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  On July - 18 birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer   

0640  Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on July - 18.   

1100  On this day in history godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies   

1374  Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 on July - 18.   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on this day in history.   

1544  On this day in history rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25   

1591  On this day in history jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40   

1608  On this day in history joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61