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Historical events on February 18

FEBRUARY 18, 1637
Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, a Spanish fleet intercepted an Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of forty-four vessels escorted by six men-of-war, destroying or capturing twenty ships.
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1781
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: A British expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa landed in Elmina in present-day Ghana.
The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic. The war, contemporary with the Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1861
With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumed the title King of Italy.
The unification of Italy, also known as the Risorgimento, was the 19th century political and social movement that in 1861 ended in Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1943
The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group, were arrested by the Gestapo.
The White Rose was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students and one professor at Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1268
The Battle of Wesenberg took place between Novgorodian and Pskovian forces against the Livonian Order and its allies, ending with Russian forces retreating from Danish Estonia.
The Battle of Wesenberg, Rakvere or Rakovor was fought on 18 February 1268 between the combined forces of Danish Estonia, the Bishopric Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 2001
Inter-ethnic violence between the Dayak and the Madurese broke out in Sampit, Indonesia, ultimately causing more than 500 deaths and the displacement of 100,000 Madurese from their homes.
The Sampit conflict, Sampit war or Sampit riots was an outbreak of inter-ethnic violence in Indonesia, beginning in February 2001 and lasting Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1943
Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, delivered a speech calling for a "total war" to motivate the German people as the tide of World War II turned against Germany.
Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
Eight gunmen stole US$50,000,000 worth of diamonds from a Swiss-bound aircraft at Brussels Airport.
On 18 February 2013, eight masked gunmen in two cars with police markings stole approximately €38,000,000 worth of diamonds from a Swiss-bound Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1977
NASA's first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, made its first test flight on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (both pictured).
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 2001
American FBI agent Robert Hanssen (pictured) was arrested for having spied for the KGB and GRU over a 22-year period.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1946
President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, annulling benefits payable to Filipino troops who fought for the U.S. during World War II.
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. Serving as the 34th vice president Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1873
Vasil Levski, a national hero of Bulgaria, was executed in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities for his efforts to establish an independent Bulgarian republic.
Vasil Levski, born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, was a Bulgarian revolutionary who is, today, a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1878
Competition between two American merchants in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, turned into a range war when a member of one faction was murdered by the other.
Lincoln County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,269. Its Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
Seven members of Parliament in the United Kingdom resigned from the Labour Party to form a new political party called The Independent Group.
In the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1766
Enslaved Malagasy captives on the Dutch East India Company slave ship Meermin began a mutiny that led to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators.
The Malagasy are a group of Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the island country of Madagascar, formed through generations of interaction between Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 3102 BC
According to Hindu scriptures, Kali Yuga, the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, began.
The 4th millennium BC spanned the years 4000 BC to 3001 BC. Some of the major changes in human culture during this Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
In a coup d'état, military rebels attacked the presidential palace in Niamey, Niger, and replaced President Mamadou Tandja with a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy.
A coup d'état occurred in Niger on 18 February 2010. Soldiers attacked the presidential palace in Niamey under weapons fire at midday Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1977
The Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire started during Chinese New Year when a firecracker ignited the wreaths of late Mao Zedong, killing 694 personnel.
The Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire broke out at Chinese New Year on February 18, 1977. When the farm hall was showing Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
A series of violent events (pictured) involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters began in Kyiv that culminated in the ousting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych five days later.
The Revolution of Dignity, also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at Read More
FEBRUARY 18, 1814
War of the Sixth Coalition: French troops led by Napoleon forced the Army of Bohemia to retreat after it advanced dangerously close to Paris.
In the War of the Sixth Coalition, sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation, a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Read More

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