Page 2: Historical Events In April - 18

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

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

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

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

1740  Francis Baring, banker/merchant on this day in history.   

1744  On April - 18 pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot   

1759  On April - 18 jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer   

1764  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer on April - 18.   

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  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  On this day in history fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began.   

1786  On this day in history franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer   

1797  On April - 18 france & Austria signs cease fire   

1797  On April - 18 louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

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

1803  Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen of Neth East Indies (1856-61) on April - 18.   

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  George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe) on April - 18.   

1818  Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59 on April - 18.   

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

1830  Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1831  Publication starts of the weekly Sydney Herald, Australia's oldest still existing newspaper on this day in history.   

1834  Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia on this day in history.   

1835  On April - 18 william Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Govt   

1838  Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails on this day in history.   

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

1839  On April - 18 frantz Jehin-Prume, composer   

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  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 April - 18.   

1605  On April - 18 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  On April - 18 death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1504  On April - 18 filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52   

1530  On this day in history francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43   

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

1556  On this day in history luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61   

1558  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on this day in history.   

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on this day in history.