What Happened on October 18?
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EVENTS ON OCTOBER 18
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)
Year:
1748
Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
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American Revolutionary War
Year:
1775
American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
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Frendraught Castle
Year:
1630
Frendraught Castle in Scotland, the home of James Crichton of Frendraught, burns down.
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Michael the Brave
Year:
1599
Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
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Philip II of Spain
Year:
1597
King Philip II of Spain sends his third and final armada against England, but it ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.
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African Americans
Year:
1775
African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
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Siege of Savannah
Year:
1779
American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
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Johannes Brahms
Year:
1887
Johannes Brahms conducts the premiere of his Double Concerto, composed for violinist Joseph Joachim and cellist Robert Hausmann.
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Alaska Purchase
Year:
1867
United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
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Second Opium War
Year:
1860
The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
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BIRTHS ON OCTOBER 18
Dick Taverne
Year of birth:
1928
Dick Taverne, English lawyer and politician (died 2025)
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Keith Jackson
Year of birth:
1928
Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and actor (died 2018)
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Marv Rotblatt
Year of birth:
1927
Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (died 2013)
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George C. Scott
Year of birth:
1927
George C. Scott, American actor and director (died 1999)
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Klaus Kinski
Year of birth:
1926
Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1991)
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Chuck Berry
Year of birth:
1926
Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
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Kees Fens
Year of birth:
1929
Kees Fens, Dutch author and critic (died 2008)
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Violeta Chamorro
Year of birth:
1929
Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua (died 2025)
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Vytautas Landsbergis
Year of birth:
1932
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian musicologist and politician
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Roger Climpson
Year of birth:
1932
Roger Climpson, English-Australian journalist (died 2025)
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DEATHS ON OCTOBER 18
Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Year of death:
1941
Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (born 1860)
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Gaston Lachaise
Year of death:
1935
Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (born 1882)
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Mikhail Nesterov
Year of death:
1942
Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (born 1862)
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Michiaki Kamada
Year of death:
1947
Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (born 1890)
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Yoshio Markino
Year of death:
1956
Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (born 1869)
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Walther von Brauchitsch
Year of death:
1948
Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (born 1881)
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Year of death:
1934
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
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Thomas Edison
Year of death:
1931
Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the phonograph (born 1847)
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Nozu Michitsura
Year of death:
1908
Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (born 1840)
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Charles Gounod
Year of death:
1893
Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (born 1818)
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HOLIDAYS ON OCTOBER 18
October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan)
Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan), celebrates the independence of Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Necktie
Necktie Day (Croatia)
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Alaska Day
Alaska Day (Alaska, United States)
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Peter of Alcántara
Christian feast day: Peter of Alcantara, can also be celebrated on October 19.
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Luke the Evangelist
Christian feast day: Luke the Evangelist
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Asclepiades of Antioch
Christian feast day: Asclepiades of Antioch
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Isaac Jogues
Christian feast day: Isaac Jogues
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International Menopause Society
World Menopause Day
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Persons Day
Persons Day (Canada)
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