Historical Events In September - 18
Friday, 12 December 2025
0031 On this day in history sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed 

0096 Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated on September - 18. 

0096 Domitian, Roman emperor, dies on September - 18. 

0324 Chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius on this day in history. 

0887 On this day in history pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle) 

0993 Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle on this day in history. 

1137 On September - 18 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 this day in history. 

1261 Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history. 

1426 On September - 18 hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies 

1437 Farmer uprising in Transsylvania on September - 18. 

1454 In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War on September - 18. 

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 September - 18. 

1573 On September - 18 spanish attack Alkmaar 

1574 Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet on this day in history. 

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

1636 On September - 18 pietro Sanmartini, composer 

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 this day in history. 

1709 Samuel Johnson, Lichfield Staffordshire, England, lexicographer/writer (Boswell's Tour Guide) on this day in history. 

1713 On this day in history 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 this day in history justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51 

1739 Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks on this day in history. 

1739 On September - 18 turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks 

1750 On September - 18 tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias) 

1752 On this day in history adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals 

1755 On September - 18 fort Ticonderoga, NY opens 

1755 On this day in history ft Ticonderoga, NY opens 

1759 British capture Québec during the French & Indian War on September - 18. 

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