Page 3: Historical Events In January - 18
Thursday, 25 December 2025
1840 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears on this day in history. 

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

1841 On January - 18 alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) 

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

1850 British blockade Piræus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims on this day in history. 

1850 On this day in history british blockade Piraeus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims 

1854 Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW México on January - 18. 

1854 On January - 18 filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico 

1854 Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) on this day in history. 

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

1856 Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) on this day in history. 

1857 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) on January - 18. 

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

1861 American Civil War on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history john Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 

1865 Battle of Fort Moultrie SC on this day in history. 

1865 Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC on this day in history. 

1869 Elegant Calif Theater opens in SF on January - 18. 

1869 On January - 18 willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer 

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

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

1871 On this day in history germany has its first emperor, King Wilhelm of Prussia 

1871 On January - 18 william of Prussia was declared the first German emperor. 

1872 Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) on this day in history. 

1875 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history. 

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

1878 On this day in history hendrik Baels, Belgian politician 

1880 On this day in history paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis) 

1881 The birth of Gaston Gallimard, French publisher on this day in history. 

1881 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908] on January - 18. 

1882 Alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) on January - 18. 

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