October 18th, 1850

Born on October 18th, 1850

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What happened on October 18th?

October 18th, 1993

Nihilism, the first professional runway show from the British designer Alexander McQueen, was staged in London.

October 18th, 2019

Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.

October 18th, 1967

The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).

October 18th, 1963

The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.

October 18th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: In an act of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the war, the Royal Navy destroyed what is now Portland, Maine.

October 18th, 1748

The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

October 18th, 1587

Filipino sailors disembarked from the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza in what is now Morro Bay, California, the first documented instance of Asians in the Americas.

October 18th, 1565

The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the Battle of Fukuda Bay in Nagasaki.

October 18th, 1356

The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland.

October 18th, 1081

Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire, capturing Dyrrhachium in present-day Albania.

October 18th, 0320

Pappus of Alexandria, one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity, observed an eclipse that allowed historians to calculate the approximate dates of his life.

October 18th, 1906

The Robert Burns Memorial Statue, the first public statue erected in New Brunswick, was dedicated in Fredericton.

October 18th, 1887

Johannes Brahms (pictured) conducted the premiere of his Double Concerto, composed for violinist Joseph Joachim and cellist Robert Hausmann.

October 18th, 1630

Frendraught Castle in Scotland, the home of James Crichton of Frendraught, burns down.

October 18th, 1599

Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

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

Born on October 18th, 1850

88

Ferdinand von Quast

Prussian World War I general

*October 18th, 1850, Neuruppin †March 27th, 1939, Potsdam

84

Basil Hall Chamberlain

British academic

*October 18th, 1850, Southsea †February 15th, 1935, Portsmouth

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Born in 1850

76

Babette von Bülow

German writer (1850-1927)

*September 30th, 1850, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój †March 8th, 1927, Kühlungsborn

55

Eduard Ausfeld

German archivist

*May 27th, 1850, Schnepfenthal †April 4th, 1906, Magdeburg

62

Edward Smith

Captain of the RMS Titanic (1850–1912)

*January 27th, 1850, Hanley †April 15th, 1912, North Atlantic Ocean

42

Guy de Maupassant

French writer (1850-1893)

*August 5th, 1850, Dieppe †July 6th, 1893, Paris

44

Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)

*November 13th, 1850, Edinburgh †December 3rd, 1894, Vailima

51

Herbert Baxter Adams

American educator and historian

*April 16th, 1850, Shutesbury †July 30th, 1901, Amherst

68

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

American author and poet

*November 5th, 1850, Janesville †October 30th, 1919, New Haven County

74

Samuel Gompers

(1850-1924) American labor leader (AFL)

*January 27th, 1850, London †December 13th, 1924, San Antonio

48

Fanny Davenport

American stage actress (1850–1898)

*April 10th, 1850, London †September 26th, 1898, Duxbury

41

Sofia Kovalevskaya

19th-century Russian mathematician

*January 15th, 1850, Moscow †February 10th, 1891, Spain

74

Arabella Huntington

American art collector (1850-1924)

*June 1st, 1850, Richmond †September 16th, 1924, New York City

61

Kyrle Bellew

British actor (1850–1911)

*March 28th, 1850, Prescot †November 2nd, 1911, Salt Lake City

74

Oliver Heaviside

Electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist (1850–1925)

*May 18th, 1850, London †February 3rd, 1925, Torquay

56

Alfred Vincent

Swiss physician and politician (1850-1906)

*June 4th, 1850, Saint Petersburg †July 5th, 1906, Geneva

85

Charles Richet

French physiologist and parapsychologist

*August 26th, 1850, Paris †December 4th, 1935, Paris

93

Leonard Darwin

English politician and eugenicist (1850-1943)

*January 15th, 1850, Downe †March 26th, 1943, London

76

Florence Earle Coates

American writer and poet (1850-1927)

*July 1st, 1850, Philadelphia †April 6th, 1927, Philadelphia

71

Ivan Vazov

Bulgarian writer and poet (1850-1921)

*July 9th, 1850, Sopot †September 22nd, 1921, Sofia

54

Kate Chopin

American author (1850–1904)

*February 8th, 1850, St. Louis †August 22nd, 1904, St. Louis

58

Grigore Tocilescu

Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folklorist (1850-1909)

*October 26th, 1850, Fefelei †September 18th, 1909, Bucharest

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1850 is a normal year and no leap year.

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