Historical Events In September - 18
Monday, 18 March 2024
0031 Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed on this day in history.
0096 On this day in history nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
0096 On September - 18 domitian, Roman emperor, dies
0324 Chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius on September - 18.
0887 Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle) on September - 18.
0993 On September - 18 arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle
1137 Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered on September - 18.
1180 On this day in history philip Augustus becomes king of France.
1180 On September - 18 louis VII, King of France, dies
1261 Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies on September - 18.
1426 On this day in history hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies
1437 On this day in history farmer uprising in Transsylvania
1454 On September - 18 in the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
1502 On this day in history christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th & last voyage
1544 On this day in history charles V of Germany & Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy
1573 On this day in history spanish attack Alkmaar
1574 On September - 18 claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet
1635 Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France on this day in history.
1636 Pietro Sanmartini, composer on September - 18.
1679 On September - 18 new Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony
1684 Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer on September - 18.
1684 Jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Ystroom), dies at 37 on September - 18.
1709 Samuel Johnson, Lichfield Staffordshire, England, lexicographer/writer (Boswell's Tour Guide) on this day in history.
1713 On September - 18 jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher
1721 On September - 18 matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies
1733 On this day in history george Read, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1735 On September - 18 justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51
1739 Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks on September - 18.
1739 On this day in history turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks
1750 On this day in history tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias)
1752 On September - 18 adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals
1755 Fort Ticonderoga, NY opens on this day in history.
1755 Ft Ticonderoga, NY opens on September - 18.
1759 British capture Québec during the French & Indian War on this day in history.