Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

1710  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 on April - 18.   

1729  On this day in history gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer   

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

1738  Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid on April - 18.   

1740  Francis Baring, banker/merchant on April - 18.   

1744  Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot on this day in history.   

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

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

1775  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 on this day in history.   

1775  On April - 18 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).   

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  On this day in history ignac Ruzitska, composer   

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

1786  On April - 18 franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer   

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

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

1800  On April - 18 john Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84   

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

1806  On this day in history ludwig Schuberth, composer   

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

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  Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62 on April - 18.   

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

1834  Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia on April - 18.   

1835  William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt on April - 18.   

1838  On April - 18 wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails   

1839  Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) on April - 18.   

1839  Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer on this day in history.   

1842  Antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice) on April - 18.   

1845  Wilhelm Gericke, composer on April - 18.   

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

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1480  On this day in history birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)   

1521  On April - 18 birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)   

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on this day in history.   

1590  Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on April - 18.   

1590  Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer   

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

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

0680  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on this day in history.   

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

1504  On this day in history filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52   

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on this day in history.   

1552  On April - 18 john Leland, antiquary, dies   

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