1818 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1818?
- January 2, 1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded
- February 5, 1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
- February 12, 1818 – Bernardo O'Higgins formally approved the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
- March 16, 1818 – Second Battle of Cancha Rayada – Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
- April 4, 1818 – The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
- April 5, 1818 – In the Battle of Maipú, Chile’s independence movement – led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín – win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
- April 16, 1818 – The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
- April 20, 1818 – The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
- August 26, 1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st state in the union of the United States.
- September 7, 1818 – Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
- October 20, 1818 – The Convention of 1818 signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settled the Canada – United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
- December 3, 1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
- December 24, 1818 – The first performance of “Silent Night” takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
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