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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 18 OCTOBRE

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)

Année: 1748

Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.

American Revolutionary War

Année: 1775

American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).

Frendraught Castle

Année: 1630

Frendraught Castle in Scotland, the home of James Crichton of Frendraught, burns down.

Michael the Brave

Année: 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.

Philip II of Spain

Année: 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.

African Americans

Année: 1775

African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.

Siege of Savannah

Année: 1779

American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

Johannes Brahms

Année: 1887

Johannes Brahms conducts the premiere of his Double Concerto, composed for violinist Joseph Joachim and cellist Robert Hausmann.

Alaska Purchase

Année: 1867

United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.

Second Opium War

Année: 1860

The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.

NAISSANCES DU 18 OCTOBRE

Dick Taverne

Année de naissance: 1928

Dick Taverne, English lawyer and politician (died 2025)

Keith Jackson

Année de naissance: 1928

Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and actor (died 2018)

Marv Rotblatt

Année de naissance: 1927

Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (died 2013)

George C. Scott

Année de naissance: 1927

George C. Scott, American actor and director (died 1999)

Klaus Kinski

Année de naissance: 1926

Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1991)

Chuck Berry

Année de naissance: 1926

Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)

Kees Fens

Année de naissance: 1929

Kees Fens, Dutch author and critic (died 2008)

Violeta Chamorro

Année de naissance: 1929

Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua (died 2025)

Vytautas Landsbergis

Année de naissance: 1932

Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian musicologist and politician

Roger Climpson

Année de naissance: 1932

Roger Climpson, English-Australian journalist (died 2025)

DéCèS DU 18 OCTOBRE

Manuel Teixeira Gomes

Année de décès: 1941

Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (born 1860)

Gaston Lachaise

Année de décès: 1935

Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (born 1882)

Mikhail Nesterov

Année de décès: 1942

Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (born 1862)

Michiaki Kamada

Année de décès: 1947

Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (born 1890)

Yoshio Markino

Année de décès: 1956

Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (born 1869)

Walther von Brauchitsch

Année de décès: 1948

Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (born 1881)

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Année de décès: 1934

Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)

Thomas Edison

Année de décès: 1931

Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the phonograph (born 1847)

Nozu Michitsura

Année de décès: 1908

Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (born 1840)

Charles Gounod

Année de décès: 1893

Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (born 1818)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 18 OCTOBRE

October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan)

Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan), celebrates the independence of Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Necktie

Necktie Day (Croatia)

Alaska Day

Alaska Day (Alaska, United States)

Peter of Alcántara

Christian feast day: Peter of Alcantara, can also be celebrated on October 19.

Luke the Evangelist

Christian feast day: Luke the Evangelist

Asclepiades of Antioch

Christian feast day: Asclepiades of Antioch

Isaac Jogues

Christian feast day: Isaac Jogues

International Menopause Society

World Menopause Day

Persons Day

Persons Day (Canada)

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