September 18 Historical Events
The following events took place on September 18. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 83 events. Showing 1 - 30.
- 96Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
- 324Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine’s sole control over the Roman Empire.
- 1180Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
- 1454In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years’ War.
- 1502Christopher Columbus lands at Honduras on his fourth, and final, voyage.
- 1618The twelfth Baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
- 1635Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria declares war on France.
- 1679New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1714George I, the first Hanoverian king, arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1st.
- 1739The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
- 1759Seven Years’ War: The British capture Quebec City.
- 1793The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
- 1809The Royal Opera House in London opens.
- 1810First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
- 1812The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
- 1837Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a “stationery and fancy goods emporium”.
- 1838The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
- 1850The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
- 1851First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
- 1870Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
- 1872King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
- 1873Panic of 1873: The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, triggering a series of bank failures.
- 1882The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
- 1889Hull House, the United States’ most influential settlement house, opens in Chicago.
- 1895Booker T. Washington delivers the “Atlanta compromise” address.
- 1895Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment.
- 1898Fashoda Incident: Lord Kitchener’s ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
- 1906A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
- 1910In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
- 1911Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
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