Historical Events In September - 18
Friday, 02 June 2023
0031 Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed on September - 18.
0096 On September - 18 nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
0096 On September - 18 domitian, Roman emperor, dies
0324 On this day in history chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius
0887 On September - 18 pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)
0993 Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle on September - 18.
1137 On September - 18 erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered
1180 Philip Augustus becomes king of France on September - 18.
1180 On September - 18 louis VII, King of France, dies
1261 On this day in history koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1426 On this day in history hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies
1437 Farmer uprising in Transsylvania on September - 18.
1454 On September - 18 in the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
1502 Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th & last voyage on September - 18.
1544 On September - 18 charles V of Germany & Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy
1573 On September - 18 spanish attack Alkmaar
1574 Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet on September - 18.
1635 Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France on September - 18.
1636 Pietro Sanmartini, composer on this day in history.
1679 On this day in history new Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony
1684 On September - 18 johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer
1684 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1713 On September - 18 jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher
1721 Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies on this day in history.
1733 George Read, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) on September - 18.
1735 Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1739 On this day in history treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks
1739 Turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks on September - 18.
1750 Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias) on this day in history.
1752 Adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals on this day in history.
1755 On this day in history fort Ticonderoga, NY opens
1755 Ft Ticonderoga, NY opens on this day in history.
1759 On this day in history british capture Québec during the French & Indian War