Day In History
This Day in History
Today: July 18, 2026
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Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army.[1]
362
Roman–Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire.
452
Sack of Aquileia: After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains, Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia and eventually destroys it.[4]
645
Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the Goguryeo–Tang War.
1195
Battle of Alarcos: Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to Toledo.
1290
King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England.[5]
1334
The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.[6]
1389
France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a 13-year peace, the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War.
1507
In Brussels, Prince Charles I is crowned Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders,[7] a year after inheriting the title.
1555
The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.
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