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The following events took place on June 18. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 47 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 618

  Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
• 1053

  Battle of Civitate: Three thousand horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
• 1178

  Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon’s distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
• 1264

  The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
• 1429

  French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years’ War.
• 1633

  Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh
• 1684

  The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
• 1757

  Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years’ War.
• 1767

  Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
• 1778

  American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• 1799

  Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith
• 1812

  War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on Great Britain, Canada, and Ireland.
• 1815

  Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
• 1830

  French invasion of Algeria.
• 1858

  Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin’s own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
• 1859

  First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
• 1873

  Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• 1887

  The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• 1900

  Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
• 1908

  Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• 1908

  The University of the Philippines is established.
• 1923

  Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• 1928

  Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• 1930

  Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
• 1935

  Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
• 1940

  Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
• 1940

  “Finest Hour” speech by Winston Churchill.
• 1945

  William Joyce (“Lord Haw-Haw”) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
• 1946

  Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim.
• 1948

  Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York.

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