Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18

1726  On this day in history hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat   

1730  On January - 18 peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14   

1732  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer on this day in history.   

1733  On January - 18 the first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)   

1733  1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on this day in history.   

1751  Ferdinand Kauer, composer on this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62   

1769  On this day in history hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan   

1777  San Jose CA founded on January - 18.   

1777  On this day in history san Jose California, founded   

1778  On January - 18 captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands   

1778  On this day in history captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

1778  HMS Supply, first ship of Britain's "First Fleet" to Australia, reaches Botany Bay (Sydney) on this day in history.   

1778  On January - 18 capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)   

1779  On January - 18 the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus   

1779  Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) on January - 18.   

1782  On this day in history daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer   

1788  The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to setup a penal colony on January - 18.   

1793  On January - 18 william Henry Havergal, composer   

1795  French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance on January - 18.   

1795  On this day in history governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England   

1795  Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I on January - 18.   

1809  Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on January - 18.   

1813  On January - 18 joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)   

1815  On January - 18 james Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1817  San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes on January - 18.   

1817  On January - 18 san Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes   

1817  Jacques Gregoir, composer on January - 18.   

1818  Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist on this day in history.   

1820  On January - 18 abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884   

1829  On January - 18 louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge)   

1831  On this day in history edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

1835  On January - 18 caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer   

1840  On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears   

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0885  On January - 18 birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)   

1519  Isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on January - 18.   

1543  On this day in history birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer   

1641  On this day in history birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)   

1657  On this day in history birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)   

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

1685  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

0052  On January - 18 death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)   

0474  On January - 18 death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on January - 18.   

1425  On January - 18 death of edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)   

1471  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on this day in history.   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63   

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on January - 18.