On This Day in History for December 18
Events in History
- 218 BC Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal's Carthaginian army heavily defeat Roman forces on Italian soil
- 1118 Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden
- 1271 Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China
- 1352 Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI
- 1385 Peace of Tournai (Dutch - Doornik) signed between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent
- 1406 Anton of Burgundy becomes Duke of Brabant
- 1603 First fleet of the Dutch East India Company under Admiral Steven van der Haghen departs for the East-Indies
- 1621 English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
- More Events in History
J. J. Thomson
Franz Ferdinand
Joseph Stalin
Willy BrandtWeddings in History
- 1915 28th US President Woodrow Wilson, widowed the year before marries second wife Edith Bolling Galt, a descendant of native American Pocahontas
- 1932 Civil rights activist Rosa McCauley (19) weds Raymond Parks (29) in Montgomery, Alabama
- 1987 Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future Prime Minister, marries Asif Ali Zardari
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Joseph Barbera
Václav HavelDecember in History
Bowled Over by William and Harry
The royal princes are the latest celebrities to favour headgear that was introduced on this day
December 17, 1849
1st Airplane Flight
Seconds into the first ever flight of the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville Wright is flying, Wilbur Wright is running alongside.
December 17, 1903
The Face that Launched a Thousand Quips...
The greatest and most famous clown of them all, and by whose name, Joey, all circus clowns became known, was born on this day, December 18, 1778.
December 18, 1778
Wuthering Heights Author Dies at 30
Emily Brontë, author of the classic novel Wuthering Heights, died on this day. Like her sisters Anne and Charlotte, she passed away at a tragically young age.
December 19, 1848