September 18th, 1783

Born on September 18th, 1783

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What happened on September 18th?

September 18th, 1950

Korean War: The Korean People's Army retreated from the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter after six weeks of fighting, marking the farthest that the KPA would advance in the war.

September 18th, 2001

Five letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to various media outlets in the United States.

September 18th, 1961

An aircraft crashed near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, resulting in the deaths of 16 people, including United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld.

September 18th, 1948

The Australian cricket team's Invincibles tour of England concluded; they had played 34 matches, including five Tests, without defeat.

September 18th, 1918

World War I: The Central Powers' defeat at the Battle of Dobro Pole played a role in the Bulgarian withdrawal from the war and led to the subsequent liberation of Vardar Macedonia.

September 18th, 1895

Daniel David Palmer performed the first chiropractic adjustment on janitor William Harvey Lillard.

September 18th, 1879

The Blackpool Illuminations (example pictured) in the English seaside town of Blackpool were switched on for the first time.

September 18th, 1875

The Indianola hurricane dissipated over Mississippi after killing around eight hundred people in Texas.

September 18th, 1873

Panic of 1873: The American bank Jay Cooke & Company declared bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of bank failures.

September 18th, 1870

Nathaniel P. Langford of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition first observed a geyser in the Wyoming Territory erupting at regular intervals, naming it Old Faithful (video featured).

September 18th, 1851

The New York Times, the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, was founded.

September 18th, 1850

The United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, decreeing that all escaped slaves be brought back to their masters.

September 18th, 1809

The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (interior pictured), opened in London after the original was destroyed by fire.

September 18th, 1048

Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Byzantine forces defeated their Seljuk opponents in the flanks of the nocturnal Battle of Kapetron, but learned of their Georgian allies' defeat in the centre the next morning.

September 18th, 0324

Constantine the Great decisively defeated Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire and ending the Tetrarchy.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 18th

Same year
Born in 1783

47

Simón Bolívar

South American military and political leader, protagonist of the Spanish-American emancipation against the Spanish Empire (1783-1830)

*July 24th, 1783, Birthplace of Simón Bolívar †December 17th, 1830, Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino

59

Stendhal

19th century French writer

*January 23rd, 1783, Grenoble †March 23rd, 1842, Paris

76

Wilhelm Pfeil

German forestry scientist

*March 28th, 1783, Friesdorf †September 4th, 1859, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój

59

Caroline Tischbein

German drawer

*November 5th, 1783, Bad Arolsen †April 29th, 1843, Berlin

54

Hortense de Beauharnais

Queen consort of the Netherlands

*April 10th, 1783, Paris †October 5th, 1837, Arenenberg

66

Friedrich Knie

(1784-1850)

*November 30th, 1783, Erfurt †November 30th, 1849, Burgdorf

79

Sylvester Churchill

Inspector General of the U.S. Army

*August 2nd, 1783, Woodstock †December 7th, 1862, Washington, D.C.

60

John Claudius Loudon

Scottish botanist (1783-1843)

*April 8th, 1783, Cambuslang †December 14th, 1843, Bayswater

70

Ernst Gottfried Adolf Böckel

German theologian

*April 1st, 1783, Gdańsk †January 5th, 1854, Oldenburg

82

Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

*April 26th, 1783, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe †March 24th, 1866, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

42

Reginald Heber

English clergyman, Lord Bishop of Calcutta

*April 21st, 1783, Hodnet Hall †April 3rd, 1826, Tiruchirappalli

72

Benedetto Pistrucci

Italian engraver (1783–1855)

*May 29th, 1783, Rome †September 16th, 1855, Englefield Green

69

William Tierney Clark

English civil engineer

*August 23rd, 1783, Bristol †September 22nd, 1852, Hammersmith

24

Jacob Merz

Swiss painter

*April 7th, 1783, Hirslanden †October 2nd, 1807, Vienna

70

George Watterston

Librarian of Congress (1783-1854)

*October 23rd, 1783, New York Harbor †February 4th, 1854, Washington, D.C.

36

Curro Guillén

Spanish torero (1783-1820)

*November 16th, 1783, Utrera †May 21st, 1820, Ronda

78

Bernardus Franciscus Suerman

Dutch author (1783-1862)

*October 4th, 1783, Haarlem †February 11th, 1862, Utrecht

84

Johann Friedrich Danneil

German archaeologist and prehistorian

*February 18th, 1783, Kalbe (Milde) †January 20th, 1868, Salzwedel

77

Friedrich Dotzauer

German composer

*January 20th, 1783, Häselrieth †March 6th, 1860, Dresden

34

Federigo Zuccari

Italian astronomer, director of the Observatory of Naples (1783-1817)

*August 26th, 1783, Isola del Liri †December 15th, 1817, Barra

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1783 is a normal year and no leap year.

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