Historical Events In August - 18
Saturday, 12 July 2025
0353 Decentius, Roman usurper on this day in history.
0410 King Alarik I's Visigoten occupies & plunders Rome on this day in history.
0472 On August - 18 flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
0849 Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian on this day in history.
1201 On August - 18 the city of Riga is founded.
1227 Genghis Khan Dies on this day in history.
1227 Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies on August - 18.
1236 Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies on August - 18.
1258 On this day in history theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea
1276 On this day in history adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies
1289 Pope Nicolaus IV publishes degree "Supra montem" on this day in history.
1318 Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268) on this day in history.
1450 On August - 18 marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet
1503 On August - 18 alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies
1541 A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541) on August - 18.
1559 Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1564 Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente on August - 18.
1572 On August - 18 king Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois
1579 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange on this day in history.
1587 On August - 18 first English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare)
1587 Saul Wahl is elected King of Poland, according to legend on this day in history.
1587 On this day in history 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare)
1591 Governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England & found everyone in the colony had disappeared [or Aug 17, 1590] on this day in history.
1605 On August - 18 spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen
1613 On August - 18 giovanni Artusi, Italian composer
1634 Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France on this day in history.
1636 The Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed on this day in history.
1652 Benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40 on this day in history.
1674 Jean Racine's "Iphigénie," premieres in Versailles on August - 18.
1685 Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem on August - 18.
1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus on August - 18.
1698 On August - 18 russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
1700 Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark on this day in history.
1712 On this day in history richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier