Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18

1726  On January - 18 hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat   

1730  Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 on this day in history.   

1732  On January - 18 jean-Guillain Cardon, composer   

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

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

1751  Ferdinand Kauer, composer on this day in history.   

1760  Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1769  Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan on January - 18.   

1777  San Jose CA founded on this day in history.   

1777  On January - 18 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  On January - 18 hMS Supply, first ship of Britain's "First Fleet" to Australia, reaches Botany Bay (Sydney).   

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

1779  The birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus on January - 18.   

1779  On January - 18 peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

1782  Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer on January - 18.   

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

1793  On January - 18 william Henry Havergal, composer   

1795  French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance on this day in history.   

1795  Governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I   

1809  On this day in history richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

1813  On this day in history joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)   

1815  James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on January - 18.   

1817  On January - 18 san Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes   

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

1817  On January - 18 jacques Gregoir, composer   

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

1820  On this day in history abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884   

1829  Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge) on this day in history.   

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

1835  Caesar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer on January - 18.   

1840  On January - 18 electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears   

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0885  On this day in history birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)   

1519  On January - 18 birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)   

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.   

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on this day in history.   

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)   

1685  On January - 18 birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

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 this day in history death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

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

1425  On this day in history 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  On January - 18 louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

1580  On January - 18 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.