Historical Events In September - 18
Thursday, 19 September 2024
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 Domitian, Roman emperor, dies on September - 18.
0324 On this day in history chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius
0887 Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle) on this day in history.
0993 Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle on this day in history.
1137 Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered on September - 18.
1180 Philip Augustus becomes king of France on September - 18.
1180 On September - 18 louis VII, King of France, dies
1261 Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies on September - 18.
1426 Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies on this day in history.
1437 On September - 18 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 Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th & last voyage on September - 18.
1544 Charles V of Germany & Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy on this day in history.
1573 Spanish attack Alkmaar on September - 18.
1574 On September - 18 claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet
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 On this day in history johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer
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 this day in history.
1713 Jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher on this day in history.
1721 On this day in history matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies
1733 George Read, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) on September - 18.
1735 On September - 18 justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51
1739 On September - 18 treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks
1739 Turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks on this day in history.
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 Fort Ticonderoga, NY opens on September - 18.
1755 On this day in history ft Ticonderoga, NY opens
1759 On this day in history british capture Québec during the French & Indian War