Merriam-Webster dictionary defines history as a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. It’s a chronological record of significant events often including an explanation of their causes. The earliest known use of the word history was in the 14th century.
This website utilizes entries from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are currently 105,060 records in our database. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
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About March 18
March 18, 2025 is the 77th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Pisces is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 336 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
If the Gregorian calendar is not reformed, the March equinox will fall on this day for the first time in AD 4092.
What Happened On March 18
- 37 –The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’s will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
- 1608 –Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1834 –Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
- 1874 –Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
- 1906 –Traian Vuia flies a heavier-than-air aircraft for 20 meters at 1 meter altitude.
- 1913 –King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
- 1915 –World War I: Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli. Three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
- 1937 –Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
- 1938 –Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
- 1971 –In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.
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