This Day in History
Today: August 18, 2026
684
Battle of Marj Rahit:[1] Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
707
Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei.[2]
1304
The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.[3]
1487
The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
1492
The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.[4]
1572
The Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre marries the Catholic Margaret of Valois, ostensibly to reconcile the feuding Protestants and Catholics of France.[5]
1590
John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.[6]
1612
The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
1634
Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
1721
The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.[7][8]
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