Notable Historical Events - 1818
1818 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Official reopening of the White House |
Jan 1 |
Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is published anonymously by the small London publishing house of Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones |
Jan 2 |
Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto) |
Jan 2 |
The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded. |
Jan 21 |
Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair" |
Jan 30 |
Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears" |
Feb 5 |
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. |
Feb 7 |
1st successful US educational magazine "Academician," begins (NYC) |
Feb 12 |
Chile gains independence from Spain |
Feb 17 |
Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle) |
Mar 16 |
Second Battle of Cancha Rayada - Spanish forces defeat Chileans under José de San Martín. |
Mar 18 |
Congress approves 1st pensions for government service |
Apr 4 |
Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars |
Apr 5 |
In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement - led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín - win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead. |
Apr 7 |
General Andrew Jackson conquers St Marks Fla from Seminole indians |
Apr 14 |
US Medical Corp forms |
Apr 16 |
Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border) |
Apr 21 |
Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho" premieres in Vienna |
Apr 28 |
Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain |
May 4 |
Netherlands & Britain sign treaty against illegal slave handling |
May 24 |
General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida |
May 28 |
1st steam vessel to sail Great Lakes launched |
Jun 3 |
Maratha Wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends |
Jun 10 |
Pesaro opera theater opens with Rossini's "La gaza ladra" |
Jul 11 |
Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born," "Lines Written in the Highlands," & "Gadfly" |
Sep 7 |
Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim. |
Sep 23 |
Border demarcation markers for Moresnet formally installed. |
Sep 30 |
Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France & England |
Oct 8 |
Two English boxers are first to use padded gloves |
Oct 9 |
Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya |
Oct 19 |
US Government & Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty |
Oct 20 |
49th parallel forms as border between US & Canada |
Oct 20 |
US & Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country |
Oct 24 |
Felix Mendelssohn, 9, performs his first public concert (Berlin) |
Nov 21 |
Russia's Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine |
Dec 3 |
Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day) |
Dec 24 |
"Silent Night" composed by Franz Joseph Gruber; 1st sung next day |
Dec 25 |
1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria) |
Dec 25 |
Handel's Messiah, premieres in the US in Boston |
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