All Events

Historical Events on February 18

  • American Civil War

    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.

  • Bulgaria

    1873

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

  • Second Boer War

    1900

    Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.

  • Second Sino-Japanese War

    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.

  • World War II

    1942

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

  • Church of Scientology

    1954

    The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.

  • Kenya

    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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Famous Deaths on February 18

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