On August 18, history records 37 notable events, 183 famous births and 83 deaths, spanning the years 684 to 1838.
Events on this day include: Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. (684); The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias. (1304).
Notable people born on August 18 include Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Marko Marulić (1450), Lorenzo Pucci (1458).
Notable figures who died on this day include Decentius (353), Pope Sixtus III (440), Ricimer (472).
Events on 18 August 37
See all →Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.
The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
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.
Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
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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