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 this day in history.   

1732  On April - 18 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 this day in history.   

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

1759  On this day in history jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer   

1764  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer on this day in history.   

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 April - 18.   

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 April - 18.   

1775  On April - 18 paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!"   

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

1797  On this day in history france & Austria signs cease fire   

1797  Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on April - 18.   

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84 on April - 18.   

1803  On this day in history charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61)   

1806  On April - 18 ludwig Schuberth, composer   

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

1817  George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59   

1824  Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 18 frantz Jehin-Prume, composer   

1842  On April - 18 antero Tarquinio de Quental, Portugal, poet (Beatrice)   

1845  On April - 18 wilhelm Gericke, composer   

1845  On April - 18 nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77   

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

1521  On this day in history birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)   

1580  On April - 18 birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)   

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 this day in history.   

1732  George Colman, "the Elder was born on April - 18.   

0680  On April - 18 mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

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 this day in history luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61   

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

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on April - 18.