On This Day in History for July 18
Events in History
- 390 BC Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia - Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leads to subsequent sacking of Rome
- 64 Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero
- 1290 King Edward I orders expulsion of Jews from England, this edict will remain in place for 350 years
- 1323 Pope John XXII proclaims theologian Thomas Aquinas a saint in Avignon
- 1334 The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone
- 1536 Pope's authority declared void in England
- 1572 Willem of Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht
- 1630 Spanish troops occupy Mantua
- More Events in History
Robert Hooke
Vidkun Quisling
George "Machine Gun" Kelly
Nelson Mandela
John GlennWeddings in History
- 1922 British naval officer Louis Mountbatten (22) weds Lord Mount Temple's daughter Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley (20) at St. Margaret's in Westminster, London
- 1938 Physicist and Nobel laureate John Bardeen (30) weds Jane Maxwell
- 1992 Helen Windsor, daughter of British Duke and Duchess of Kent weds art dealer Timothy Taylor at Windsor Castle
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Matthew Flinders
Jane Austen
William WestmorelandJuly in History
Stormy Birth for the House of Windsor
Britain’s King with his German connections faced resentment when World War 1 bombs fell on London. It led, on this day, to a change of name for the monarchy.
July 17, 1917Franklin Roosevelt – ‘Britain’s Greatest Friend’
On this day Franklin Delano Roosevelt was nominated by the Democratic Party in Chicago for an unprecedented third term as President of the United States.
July 18, 1940Oops, Wrong Way!
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan with his "Sunshine", at Baldonnel Aerodrome, Ireland
July 18, 1938American Women Demand Their Rights
On this day a group of determined women organised the first formal meeting in America to discuss women’s rights. It became known as the Seneca Falls Convention.
July 19, 1848
