All Events

Historical Events on February 18

  • Jefferson Davis

    1861

    In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

  • William T. Sherman

    1865

    American Civil War: Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.

  • Vasil Levski

    1873

    Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.

  • Nanking Massacre

    1938

    Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee" and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.

  • Imperial Japanese Army

    1942

    World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.

  • White Rose

    1943

    World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.

  • Dedan Kimathi

    1957

    Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.

  • WikiLeaks

    2007

    WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.

  • February 2014 Euromaidan riots

    2014

    At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine.

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