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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Jan 18 1519

    Isabella Jagieo queen of Hungary (d. 1559)

    Jan 18 1825

    Edward Frankland Lancaster U.K British structural chemist who co-discovered helium and developed the theory of valence

    Jan 18 1829

    Louis van Haecke Flemish chaplainauthor (Blood to Bridge)

    Jan 18 1831

    Edward Ferrero American ballroom operator and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Granada Spain (d. 1899)

    Jan 18 1835

    Caesar A Cui fort architectcomposer born in Vilnius Lithuania

    Jan 18 1840

    Austin Dobson England poetcriticbiographer

    Jan 18 1841

    Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier French composer (Espaa Joyeuse marche Le Roi Malgr Lui) born in Ambert Puy-de-Dme (d. 1894)

    Jan 18 1842

    Albert Alonzo Ames Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)

    Jan 18 1641

    Francois Michel le Tellier French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)

    Jan 18 1657

    Hendrik Casimir II Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)

    Jan 18 1672

    Antoine Houdar de la Motte French writer (d. 1731)

    Jan 18 1685

    Tiberius Hemsterhuis Dutch Classical prof baptized

    Jan 18 1688

    Lionel Sackville 1st Duke of Dorset Lord Lieutenant of Ireland born in Dorset United Kingdom (d. 1765)

    Jan 18 1689

    Charles de Montesquieu French philosopherwriter (Letters Persanes)

    Jan 18 1764

    Samuel Whitbread English politician born in Cardington Bedfordshire (d. 1815)

    Jan 18 1795

    Anna Paulowna Romanova monarch of Russiadaughter of Tsar Paul I

    Jan 18 1809

    Richard Caswell Gatlin Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1896)

    Jan 18 1813

    Joseph Glidden American inventor of 1st commercial usable barbed wire born in Charlestown New Hampshire (d. 1906)

    Jan 18 1815

    James Chesnut Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1885)

    Jan 18 1815

    Constantin von Tischendorf German biblical scholar (d. 1874)

    Jan 18 1818

    Johannes van Vloten Dutch literarytheologist

    Jan 18 1820

    Abraham Buford Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1884)

    Jan 18 1854

    Thomas A Watson needed by Bell inventor assistant (Telephone)

    Jan 18 1856

    John Hyatt Brewer American composer born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1931)

    Jan 18 1867

    Rubn Daro Nicaraguan Journalist Diplomat Poet (d. 1916)

    Jan 18 1869

    Willem De Vreese Flemish linguistbiblographer

    Jan 18 1872

    Paul Leautaud [Maurice Boissard] French writer (Petit ami)

    Jan 18 1880

    Paul Ehrenfest AustriaNeth physicist (adiabates hypothesis)

    Jan 18 1881

    Gaston Gallimard French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908]

    Jan 18 1882

    Jacob Clay Dutch philospherphyicist (Mesones)

    Jan 18 1884

    Arthur Ransome English author (Swallows & Amazons)

    Jan 18 1901

    Ivan Petrovsky Russian mathematician (d. 1973)

    Jan 18 1903

    Berthold Goldschmidt GermanBritish (opera)composer (Beatrice Cenci)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Jan 18 1126 Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Qinzong

    Jan 18 1307 German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf King of Bohemia

    Jan 18 1478 Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod

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