Historical Events In October - 18

1832  On this day in history othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73   

1833  Johannes Habert, composer on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter   

1839  French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer   

1850  On this day in history francis Thome, composer   

1854  On October - 18 bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)   

1855  On October - 18 franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres   

1859  Henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927) on October - 18.   

1860  On October - 18 the Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.   

1862  On this day in history morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY   

1862  On October - 18 james Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th   

1863  On October - 18 battle of Charlestown, WV   

1864  David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 on October - 18.   

1865  Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1867  US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million) on October - 18.   

1869  On this day in history henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund," premieres in Christiania (Oslo)   

1871  Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Ghetto) on October - 18.   

1872  Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun on October - 18.   

1873  1st football game between Toronto Argonauts & Hamilton Tigers on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history james E K Aggrey, Ghana, US theologian/educationalist   

1876  On October - 18 francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85   

1877  On October - 18 florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society   

1878  On October - 18 edison makes electricity available for household usage   

1878  On October - 18 james Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921, Founding of New England)   

1879  Grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer on October - 18.   

1887  On this day in history start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)   

1887  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)   

1889  1st all NYC World Series NY Giants (NL) play Bkln (AA) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history fannie Hurst, novelist (Anatomy of Me)   

1890  On this day in history john Owen is first man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds   

1890  John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds on this day in history.   

1890  On October - 18 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt)   

1891  1st international 6-day bicycle race in US (MSG, NYC) begins on this day in history.   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on October - 18.   

1405  On October - 18 birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  On this day in history birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on October - 18.   

1569  On this day in history birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on October - 18.   

1611  On October - 18 birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on October - 18.   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on this day in history.   

1101  On October - 18 death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on this day in history.   

1216  On this day in history john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  On October - 18 henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

1382  On this day in history death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

1417  On this day in history gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies