Historical Events In September - 18
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
0031 Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed on this day in history. 

0096 On September - 18 nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated. 

0096 On this day in history domitian, Roman emperor, dies 

0324 Chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius on September - 18. 

0887 On September - 18 pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle) 

0993 On September - 18 arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle 

1137 On this day in history erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered 

1180 On September - 18 philip Augustus becomes king of France. 

1180 Louis VII, King of France, dies on September - 18. 

1261 Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies on September - 18. 

1426 On September - 18 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 September - 18 christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th & last voyage 

1544 Charles V of Germany & Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy on this day in history. 

1573 On this day in history spanish attack Alkmaar 

1574 Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet on September - 18. 

1635 Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France on this day in history. 

1636 Pietro Sanmartini, composer on September - 18. 

1679 New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony on September - 18. 

1684 Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer on this day in history. 

1684 On September - 18 jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Ystroom), dies at 37 

1709 Samuel Johnson, Lichfield Staffordshire, England, lexicographer/writer (Boswell's Tour Guide) on September - 18. 

1713 Jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher on this day in history. 

1721 On this day in history matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies 

1733 On this day in history george Read, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) 

1735 Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51 on this day in history. 

1739 On September - 18 treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks 

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 Adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals on September - 18. 

1755 On this day in history fort Ticonderoga, NY opens 

1755 On September - 18 ft Ticonderoga, NY opens 

1759 On this day in history british capture Québec during the French & Indian War 

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