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