March 18 in History

Historical Events on March 18

1766 American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.

1865 American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.

1874 Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.

1915 World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.

1922 In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.

1937 Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.

1940 World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.

1990 Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.

1994 Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Famous Birthdays on March 18

1782 John C. Calhoun

1966 Jerry Cantrell

1979 Adam Levine

1981 Fabian Cancellara

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Famous Deaths on March 18

1745 Robert Walpole

1936 Eleftherios Venizelos

1965 Farouk of Egypt

1983 Umberto II of Italy

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