Page 2: Historical Events In May - 18

1744  On this day in history joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap)   

1756  On this day in history england declares war on France   

1759  Charles Duquesnoy, composer on May - 18.   

1765  On May - 18 fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.   

1767  On this day in history thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28   

1780  Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland on May - 18.   

1783  On May - 18 first United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.   

1788  On May - 18 hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer   

1794  2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria) on this day in history.   

1797  Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) on May - 18.   

1798  On May - 18 ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870   

1799  Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies on this day in history.   

1803  Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland on May - 18.   

1804  Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor by the French Senate on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France   

1808  On May - 18 jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49   

1811  On this day in history battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas.   

1815  Thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep (Confederacy), died in 1891 on May - 18.   

1817  James William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on May - 18.   

1819  Julius Hopp, composer on this day in history.   

1828  Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72   

1830  Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower on May - 18.   

1830  On this day in history edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever   

1830  On this day in history karl Goldmark, Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala)   

1832  On May - 18 bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62   

1836  On May - 18 isidor Vorobchievici, composer   

1839  On this day in history carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57   

1843  On this day in history united Free Church of Scotland forms   

1846  On May - 18 uS troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros   

1848  Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany on this day in history.   

1848  William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF on this day in history.   

1850  On May - 18 oliver Heaviside, London, physicist (predicted ionosphere)   

1851  On May - 18 amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked   

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1048  On May - 18 birth of omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)   

1186  Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) was born on May - 18.   

1474  On May - 18 birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)   

1551  Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) was born on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history birth of stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)   

1662  George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719) was born on May - 18.   

1692  On May - 18 birth of joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian   

1711  Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer was born on this day in history.   

0526  John I, Pope (523-26), dies on this day in history.   

1160  On this day in history erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies   

1401  On May - 18 death of wÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372   

1410  Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies on this day in history.   

1450  On May - 18 death of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)   

1550  On May - 18 death of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)   

1551  On May - 18 death of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

1584  Death of Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) on May - 18.