Events on 18 August 37
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Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
Year 1304
The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.
Year 1487
The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
Year 1572
Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
Year 1587
Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
Year 1590
John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
Year 1612
The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
Year 1634
Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
Year 1783
A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
Year 1838
The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
Birthdays on 18 August 183
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Deaths on 18 August 83
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