On This Day in History for January 18
Events in History
- 336 St Mark elected Catholic Pope
- 350 Roman Emperor Constans is assassinated and the general Magnentius proclaims himself the new Emperor
- 474 Leo II, age 6 or 7, briefly becomes Byzantine Emperor, being joined by his father as co-ruler by his father on January 29th
- 532 Nika uprising against Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople fails, 30,000 killed by troops loyal to the Emperor in the Hippodrome
- 1126 Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Qinzong
- 1258 Mongol army of 150,000, led by Hulagu, grandson of Genghis Khan, arrives at the walls of Baghdad (city falls Feb 13)
- 1307 German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf King of Bohemia
- 1478 Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod
- More Events in History
Daniel Webster
Daniel Williams
A. A. Milne
Ray Dolby
Paul KeatingWeddings in History
- 1486 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV
- 1827 American religious leader Joseph Smith Jr (21) weds future church group movement leader Emma Hale (22) in South Bainbridge, New York, until his death in 1844
- 1893 British Poet and writer Rudyard Kipling (26) marries Carrie Balestier (29) in London
More Weddings in History
John Tyler
Rudyard KiplingJanuary in History
The President Who Was Never President
Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born on this day.
January 17, 1706
Siege of Leningrad
Two young girls help assemble Soviet submachine guns during the Siege of Leningrad
January 18, 1943
War Victim Goes to Bottom of the Pile
One of the first to die in World War I fell not in the trenches of France but in a leafy lane in rural England. So should he be ranked alongside battle heroes?
January 19, 1915
First Air Raid on Britain
British wartime recruitment poster from 1915 referencing the air raids that started that year
January 19, 1915