Page 3: Historical Events In January - 18
Saturday, 25 October 2025
1840 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears on January - 18. 

1840 On January - 18 austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer 

1841 On this day in history alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) 

1849 Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) on January - 18. 

1850 On January - 18 british blockade Piræus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims 

1850 British blockade Piraeus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims on January - 18. 

1854 On this day in history filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW México 

1854 On this day in history filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico 

1854 On January - 18 thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) 

1854 On this day in history juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies 

1856 On January - 18 daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) 

1857 On this day in history otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) 

1861 Georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War on January - 18. 

1861 American Civil War on January - 18. 

1861 Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist on this day in history. 

1862 On January - 18 confederate Territory of Arizona is formed 

1862 Confederate Territory of Arizona forms on January - 18. 

1862 John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 on January - 18. 

1865 On this day in history battle of Fort Moultrie SC 

1865 On January - 18 battle of Ft Moultrie, SC 

1869 On this day in history elegant Calif Theater opens in SF 

1869 Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer on this day in history. 

1870 Berend Modderman, printer (Drukkers yearbook) on this day in history. 

1871 On this day in history 2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I & Bismarck 

1871 Germany has its first emperor, King Wilhelm of Prussia on this day in history. 

1871 William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor on January - 18. 

1872 On January - 18 paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) 

1875 On January - 18 joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 

1877 Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d.1961) on January - 18. 

1878 Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician on this day in history. 

1880 Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis) on this day in history. 

1881 On this day in history the birth of Gaston Gallimard, French publisher 

1881 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908] on this day in history. 

1882 On this day in history alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) 

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