373 Historic Events for January 18
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| 1701 |
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Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia
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| 1726 |
Birth |
Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat
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| 1730 |
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Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
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| 1732 |
Birth |
Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer
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| 1733 |
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1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
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| 1751 |
Birth |
Ferdinand Kauer, composer
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| 1760 |
Death |
Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62
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| 1769 |
Death |
Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan
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| 1777 |
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San Jose California, founded
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| 1778 |
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Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
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| 1779 |
Birth |
Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)
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| 1782 |
Birth |
Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer
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| 1788 |
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English settlers arrive in Aust's Botany Bay to setup penal colony
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| 1793 |
Birth |
William Henry Havergal, composer
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| 1795 |
Birth |
Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I
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| 1795 |
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governor/viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England
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| 1795 |
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French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance
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| 1809 |
Birth |
Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
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| 1813 |
Birth |
Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)
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| 1815 |
Birth |
Richard Yates Gov, MC (Union), died in 1873
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| 1815 |
Birth |
James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
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| 1817 |
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San Mart¡n leads a revolutionary army over Andes
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| 1817 |
Birth |
Jacques Gregoir, composer
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| 1818 |
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Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist
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| 1820 |
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Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884
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