What happened in 1818?
122 recorded events in 1818, including 60 in people, 16 in economy & trade and 13 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 10
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Battle of Maipú
Battle of the Chilean War of Independence
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Battle of Koregaon
1818 battle fought between British East India Company (mostly Mahar soldiers) and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy
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Battle of Multan
1818 battle
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Siege of Diriyah
Military conflict of 1818
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Second Battle of Cancha Rayada
1818 battle
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Battle of Kafir Qala
1818 war fought between Iranians and Afghans
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Battle of Gqokli Hill
1818 battle between Zulu and Zwide
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Battle of Arroyo Grande
1819 battle
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Battle of San Carlos
1818 in modern Argentina
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Akure–Benin War
Benin invasion of Akure
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Politics & Government 3
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Treaty of 1818
Formal, binding written agreement entered into by the United Kingdom and the United States in international law
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Treaty of St. Mary's
1818 treaties between the United States government and six Native American peoples
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Treaty of St. Louis
1818 treaties between the United States and Native Americans
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People 60
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Gaspard Monge died
French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)
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Dingiswayo died
Zulu chief
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Ali Bey al-Abbasi died
Spanish explorer who witnessed the Saudi conquest of Mecca in 1807
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Johan Gottlieb Gahn died
Swedish chemist (1745-1818)
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Caspar Wessel died
Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer (1745–1818)
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Patrick Brydone died
British scientist, traveller and author (1736-1818)
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Ivan Kulibin died
Russian mechanic and inventor; (1735-1818)
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Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli died
Italian chemist and inventor (1761-1818)
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Vincenzo Brunacci died
Italian mathematician (1768-1818)
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August Wilhelm Knoch died
German naturalist (1742-1818)
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François Sainte de Wollant died
Flemish engineer (1752–1818)
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José Joaquín de Ferrer died
Spanish astronomer (1763-1818)
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Christian Friedrich Bucholz died
German chemist (1770-1818)
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Gottfried Huth died
German mathematician and physicist (1763-1818)
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Jacques-Constantin Périer died
French engineer (1742-1818)
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Bryan Higgins died
British philosopher
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Maddalena Laura Sirmen died
Italian composer (1745–1818)
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Jean-Pierre Duport died
French cellist
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Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten died
German poet
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Sarah Sophia Banks died
English collector of coins and ephemera (1744-1818)
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Franz Gleißner died
German litographer and composer
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Mademoiselle Fleury died
Belgian actress (1766-1818)
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Michael Rosing died
Danish actor
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Mayeur de Saint-Paul died
French author (1758-1818)
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Jane Pope died
British actress 1744 – 1818
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Aron Gustaf Silfversparre died
Swedish baron
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Joseph Lux died
German actor and opera singer
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General Charles Ashley died
English musician
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Karl Marx born
Born in Trier. German-born philosopher (1818–1883).
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Ivan Turgenev born
Born in Oryol. Russian writer (1818–1883).
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Emily Brontë born
Born in The Brontë Birthplace. English novelist and poet (1818–1848).
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Frederick Douglass born
Born in Talbot County. African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895).
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Christian IX of Denmark born
Born in Gottorf Castle. King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906.
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Jacob Burckhardt born
Born in Basel. Swiss historian (1818–1897).
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Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle born
Born in Saint-Paul. French poet (1818–1894).
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Lewis H. Morgan born
Born in Aurora. American anthropologist (1818–1881).
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Emperor Norton born
Born in London. San Francisco eccentric and self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States.
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Zachris Topelius born
Born in Nykarleby. Finnish-Swedish author, poet, historian, professor and rector of Helsinki University (1818–1898).
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Alexander Bain born
Born in Aberdeen. Scottish philosopher and educationalist (1818–1903).
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Tewodros II born
Born in Qwara. Emperor of Ethiopia (1818–1868).
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Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha born
Born in Coburg. German prince (1818–1893).
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Artúr Görgey born
Born in Toporec. Hungarian military leader (1818–1916).
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Benjamin Franklin Butler born
Born in Deerfield. American general and politician (1818–1893).
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Petar Preradović born
Born in Grabrovnica. Croatian poet (1818–1872).
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Heinrich Kiepert born
Born in Berlin. German geographer, cartographer and university professor in Berlin (1818–1899).
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James Anthony Froude born
Born in Dartington. English historian, novelist and biographer (1818–1894).
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Irvin McDowell born
Born in Columbus. American general (1818–1885).
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Mikhail Katkov born
Born in Moscow. Russian publicist and politician (1818–1887).
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Konstantin von Kaufman born
Born in Dęblin. Russian statesman (1818-1882).
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Shigabutdin Marjani born
Born in Kazan. Russian Tatar historian and theologian (1818–1889).
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Eduard Totleben born
Born in Jelgava. Baltic German engineer and statesman (1818-1884).
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Nathaniel Lyon born
Born in Ashford. First Union general to be killed in the American Civil War.
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Louis Faidherbe born
Born in Lille. French general (1818-1889).
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Prince August, 3rd Prince of Koháry born
Born in Vienna. German prince (1818–1881).
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Constant von Wurzbach born
Born in Ljubljana. Austrian lexicographer (1818–1893).
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Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa born
Born in Berlin. German chess player (1818–1899).
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Don Carlos Buell born
Born in Lowell. American Union Army General (1818–1898).
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Elizabeth F. Ellet born
Born in Sodus Point. American writer, poet, translator (1818–1877).
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Josip Filipović born
Born in Gospić. Croatian-Austrian army officer (1818–1889).
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Ali Bey al-Abbasi died
Died in Damascus. Spanish explorer who witnessed the Saudi conquest of Mecca in 1807.
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Science & Technology 7
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Museu Nacional
Museum of UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Saint Louis University
Private research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, and Madrid, Spain
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National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic»
Public university in Poltava, Ukraine
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Cantonal museum of Zoology, Lausanne
Museum in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
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Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Botanical garden in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Somerset Hospital
Building in South Africa
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Cantonal Museum of Geology in Lausanne
Museum in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Trinity Cathedral
Cathedral in Yekaterinburg
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Annunciation Cathedral
Annunciation Cathedral, Votkinsk
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Economy & Trade 16
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Brooks Brothers
The oldest men's clothier in the United States
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Bunge Limited
Global agribusiness and food company
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Groupe Caisse d’épargne
French banking group
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Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Private investment bank
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Grivel Mont Blanc
Company that produces equipment for outdoor recreation
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Collins Line
Company
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Barclay Curle
British shipbuilding company
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Chubb Fire & Security
Global company providing systems for fire protection and security
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Paul Hartmann AG
Public company
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Stephenson Blake
English engineering company
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United Coffee
Swiss coffee company
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Suffolk Bank
Former private clearinghouse in Boston
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Chemische Fabrik Uetikon
Swiss chemical company
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Robbs
Former department store in Hexham
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Eastern Bank
Large bank in New England, Massachusetts
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Breck's
Dutch-American gardening company
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Architecture & Engineering 13
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Helsinki Cathedral
Cathedral in Helsinki, Church of Finland
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Kanach Zham
Armenian Apostolic church in Shusha, Azerbaijan
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Beiteddine Palace
Building in Lebanon
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Lešok Monastery
Monastery
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Church of Jesus
Church in Riga, Latvia
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Church of the Izhevsk and Udmurt diocese
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Gran Madre di Dio
Church in Turin, Italy
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St. George's Church
Church in Penang, Malaysia
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Langestrand Church
Church building in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
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St. John's Church, Secunderabad
Christian church in secunderabad, Telangana
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Church of St John
Church in Hampstead, London, UK
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Episcopal church in Alexandria, Virginia, USA
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Alfred Street Baptist Church
Church building in Virginia, United States of America
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Sports & Entertainment 4
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The Old Vic
Theatre in London, England, UK
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National Theatre Munich
Opera house in Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich, Germany, home to the Bavarian State Opera and Ballet
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Savannah Theatre
Music venue, theatre and former movie theater in Savannah, Georgia, United States
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Arkhangelskoye Palace Theatre
Theatre in Arkhangelskoye, Russia
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Empires & Countries 7
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Maratha Empire dissolved
Maratha Empire ceased to exist, having been centered at Raigad Fort.
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First Saudi State dissolved
First Saudi State ceased to exist, having been centered at Diriyah.
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Second Saudi State founded
Second Saudi State was founded, with its capital at Riyadh.
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County of Nice dissolved
County of Nice ceased to exist, having been centered at Nice.
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Nagpur kingdom founded
Nagpur kingdom was founded, with its capital at Nagpur.
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Ajmer-Merwara founded
Ajmer-Merwara was founded, with its capital at Ajmer.
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Principality of Qandahar founded
Principality of Qandahar was founded, with its capital at Kandahar.
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