Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

1710  On April - 18 pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer on April - 18.   

1732  On this day in history george Colman, "the Elder   

1738  On this day in history real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid.   

1740  On April - 18 francis Baring, banker/merchant   

1744  On this day in history pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot   

1759  Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer on April - 18.   

1764  On April - 18 bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer   

1775  On April - 18 american colonial patriot Paul Revere made his famous ride from Lexington to Concord, Massachusetts, warning the American people that the British “redcoats” had landed and will soon arrive   

1775  At about 10 p.m., three men took to their horses to ride from Boston to Concord, MA to warn the citizens of the approaching British army. The famous poem, "Paul Revere's Ride", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, glorified the Bostonian as the lone rider. He was, in fact, accompanied by William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. Only Prescott made it all the way to Concord. Revere was nabbed by a British cavalry patrol near Lexington, MA (Dawes and Prescott escaped) on this day in history.   

1775  Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!" on April - 18.   

1775  Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "British are coming!" on this day in history.   

1777  Ignac Ruzitska, composer on April - 18.   

1783  Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began on April - 18.   

1786  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer on April - 18.   

1797  France & Austria signs cease fire on April - 18.   

1797  Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on this day in history.   

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1803  On April - 18 charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)   

1806  Ludwig Schuberth, composer on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England   

1817  On this day in history george Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)   

1818  On April - 18 pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59   

1824  Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 on April - 18.   

1830  On April - 18 jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62   

1831  Publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper on April - 18.   

1834  On April - 18 charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia   

1835  William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails   

1839  Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history frantz Jehin-Prume, composer   

1842  Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history wilhelm Gericke, composer   

1845  Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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1480  Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on April - 18.   

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on April - 18.   

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on April - 18.   

1590  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)   

1590  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)   

1605  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history birth of george Colman, "the Elder   

0680  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on April - 18.   

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 18.   

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on April - 18.   

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on April - 18.   

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on April - 18.   

1556  On April - 18 luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61   

1558  On April - 18 death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent   

1567  On April - 18 wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63