Page 2: Historical Events In January - 18

1726  On this day in history 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  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer on this day in history.   

1733  The first polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) on this day in history.   

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

1751  Ferdinand Kauer, composer on January - 18.   

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  On this day in history san Jose CA founded   

1777  San Jose California, founded on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history captain Cook discovers what is now called the Hawiian Islands   

1778  On January - 18 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  The birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

1782  Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer on this day in history.   

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  William Henry Havergal, composer on January - 18.   

1795  On this day in history french admitted to Amsterdam without resistance   

1795  On January - 18 governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England   

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

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

1813  Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire) on this day in history.   

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

1817  On this day in history san Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes   

1817  San Martinleads a revolutionary army over Andes on this day in history.   

1817  On January - 18 jacques Gregoir, composer   

1818  On January - 18 johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist   

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 January - 18.   

1831  Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

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

1840  Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears on January - 18.   

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0885  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on January - 18.   

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

1543  On January - 18 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on January - 18.   

0474  On this day in history death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

1367  On this day in history pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46   

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

1471  On January - 18 death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on January - 18.   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on January - 18.   

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on this day in history.