350 — Magnentius proclaimed emperor
On 18 January 350, Magnentius was proclaimed Augustus in Gaul, challenging the rule of the Roman emperor Constans.
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The published January 18 chronology runs from 350 to 2026, a span of 1,676 years. It contains 94 sourced records across 45 countries and 8 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.
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- Politics & society · 33 records
- War & conflict · 22 records
- Disasters · 14 records
- Sport · 13 records
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- United States · 15 records
- Australia · 4 records
- France · 4 records
- People's Republic of China · 4 records
- Spain · 4 records
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- Politics & society: Magnentius proclaimed emperor (350) and Portugal holds the first round of its 2026 presidential election (2026) appear 1,676 years apart in this collection.
- War & conflict: Battle of Iñaquito (1546) and Chadian intervention in northern Mali begins (2013) appear 467 years apart in this collection.
- Arts & culture: The Council of Trent resumes under Pope Pius IV (1562) and Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser expands to more cinemas in mainland China (2010) appear 448 years apart in this collection.
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January 18 historical events
1126 — Emperor Huizong abdicates in favour of Qinzong
On 18 January 1126, Emperor Huizong of the Song dynasty abdicated in favour of his son, Emperor Qinzong, as Jin forces threatened the Song capital.
The date follows the historical calendar convention used by the source.
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1535 — Foundation ceremony of Lima
On 18 January 1535, the Spanish foundation ceremony of Lima took place at what is now the Plaza Mayor in Peru. The settlement was named Ciudad de los Reyes.
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1546 — Battle of Iñaquito
On January 18, 1546, Gonzalo Pizarro’s forces defeated those of royal viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela at Iñaquito, near Quito in present-day Ecuador. The viceroy was killed in the battle.
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1562 — The Council of Trent resumes under Pope Pius IV
The Council of Trent resumed at Santa Maria Maggiore in Trento. Its seventeenth session ended a long suspension and opened the council's third and final period, which continued into 1563.
Date follows the historical Julian calendar.
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1586 — 1586 Tenshō earthquake
The Tenshō earthquake (Japanese: 天正地震, Hepburn: Tenshō Jishin) occurred in Japan on January 18, 1586, at 23:00 local time. This earthquake had an estimated seismic magnitude (MJMA) of 7.9, and an epicenter in Honshu's Chūbu region. It caused an estimated 8,000 fatalities and damaged 10,000 houses across the prefectures of Toyama, Hyōgo, Kyōto, Osaka, Nara, Mie, Aichi, Gifu, Fukui, Ishikawa and Shizuoka.
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1636 — Battle of Mata Redonda
On 18 January 1636, Dutch forces defeated a Portuguese force at Mata Redonda in Brazil during the struggle over Dutch Brazil.
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1639 — Siege of Seringapatam (1639)
On 18 January 1639, Mysore forces led by Kanthirava Narasaraja I defeated the Bijapur army besieging Seringapatam, in present-day India. A night attack on the besiegers’ camp helped break the siege.
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1678 — Battle of Warksow
The Battle of Warksow took place on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen on 8 January (O.S.)/18 January（N.S.）1678 during the Swedish-Brandenburg War. In the battle Swedish forces defeated an allied army composed mainly of Danes supported by a smaller contingent of Brandenburg and Hesse-Cassel troops. The Swedes were able to muster some 3,500 men for the battle, including 2,000 cavalry.
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1701 — Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia
On 18 January 1701, Frederick I crowned himself King in Prussia at Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia. He had previously ruled as Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia.
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1706 — Bavarian uprising of 1705–1706
The Bavarian uprising of 1705–1706 (German: Bayerische Volkserhebung, "Bavarian people's uprising") was a revolt against the occupation of the Electorate of Bavaria by the Imperial Army of the Habsburg Monarchy during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714). It lasted from early November 1705 to 18 January 1706, approximately 75 days. Henric L. Wuermeling speaks of this as "the first revolution of modern history."
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
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1724 — 1724 Taunton by-election
The 1724 Taunton by-election to the Parliament of Great Britain was held on 18 January 1724 in Taunton, Somerset, following the death of the incumbent, John Trenchard. The by-election was contested by Abraham Elton, George Deane, William Molyneux and Griffith Pugh. Elton, a Whig who had been a late entrant to the election won, and despite a petition from Deane, was returned as the Member of Parliament for Taunton.
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1778 — James Cook's expedition sights the Hawaiian Islands
James Cook's expedition sighted the Hawaiian Islands during its third Pacific voyage, becoming the first recorded European expedition to do so. This was a sighting at sea, followed by a landing at Waimea on Kauaʻi two days later. The islands were already home to Hawaiian communities.
Hawaiian Islands · Exploration · Checked 2026-11-07
1788 — The first ship of the First Fleet reaches Botany Bay
Arthur Phillip arrived at Botany Bay aboard the tender Supply. Other ships in the British fleet reached the bay over the following two days.
Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia · Exploration · Checked 2026-11-06
1806 — Cape Colony capitulation signed after Blaauwberg
On 18 January 1806, Jan Willem Janssens and William Beresford signed articles of capitulation following the Battle of Blaauwberg in present-day South Africa. David Baird ratified the agreement on 19 January.
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1812 — Combat of Villaseca
The combat of Villaseca was a Spanish victory during the Peninsular War, when an irregular Spanish force of over 3,000 somatenes, led by Baron de Eroles, ambushed a column of French troops in the village of Vila-seca, Tarragona, on 18 January 1812. General Lafosse, the governor of Tortosa, was on his way to relieve Tarragona with an infantry battalion and a troop of dragoons, when he was surprised by Eroles, at the head of over 3,000 somatenes, at Villaseca.
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1813 — Battle of Frenchtown
The Battles of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and the River Raisin Massacre, was a series of conflicts that took place from January 18–23, 1813 during the War of 1812. It was fought between the United States and a British and Native American alliance near the River Raisin in Frenchtown, Michigan Territory (present-day Monroe, Michigan). The battle on January 22 had the highest number of fatalities of any battle during this war. On January 18, 1813 the Americans forced the retreat of the British and their Native American allies from Frenchtown, which they had earlier occupied, in a relatively minor skirmish.
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1817 — First Battle of Angostura
On 18 January 1817, Patriot forces attempted to capture Angostura, now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela. Unable to penetrate the Spanish defences, they withdrew.
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1836 — Carlist counterattack at Arlabán
On 18 January 1836, Carlist forces pushed back Liberal troops at Arlabán in Spain during the First Carlist War. The Liberals had occupied the heights on 16–17 January.
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1866 — Wesley College receives its first pupil
On 18 January 1866, Frederick Binks arrived as the first pupil at Wesley College in Melbourne, Australia. The college had been formally founded on 11 January; boarding pupils were received from 18 January and day pupils from 22 January.
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1869 — Mainland voting closes in Spain’s 1869 constituent election
Voting on the Spanish mainland ended after four days. The election chose the Constituent Cortes, which would draw up the Constitution of 1869.
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1871 — Wilhelm I proclaimed German emperor at Versailles
On 18 January 1871, Wilhelm I was proclaimed German emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France. The ceremony took place near the end of the Franco-Prussian War.
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1875 — Ontario general election, 1875
The Ontario general election of 1875 was the third general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 18, 1875, to elect the 88 Members of the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, increased its majority in the Legislature for its second term in government.
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1881 — 1881 United States Senate election in New York
The 1881 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 18, 1881, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. senator (Class 1) to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.
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1900 — Battle of Mazocoba
The Battle of Mazocoba, or the Mazocoba massacre, was a major engagement of the Yaqui Wars that was fought in Sonora, Mexico. On January 18, 1900, a Mexican Army expedition encountered hundreds of Yaqui renegades about twenty miles east of Guaymas. During the battle that followed, several hundred people were killed or wounded and over 1,000 Yaquis were taken prisoner.
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1910 — 1910–11 US Senate election cycle begins
On January 18, 1910, the 1910–11 United States Senate election cycle began. Elections were held on different dates in different states, and senators were primarily chosen by state legislatures before the Seventeenth Amendment.
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1911 — Eugene Ely makes the first airplane landing on a ship
Eugene Ely landed a Curtiss biplane on a platform built aboard USS Pennsylvania, anchored in San Francisco Bay. Ropes weighted with sandbags helped stop the aircraft.
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1915 — Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia
The Twenty-One Demands was a set of demands made during the First World War by the Empire of Japan under Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu to the government of the Republic of China on 18 January 1915. The secret demands would greatly extend Japanese control of China. Japan would keep the former German leased territory it had conquered at the start of World War I in 1914 and would have increased influence in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia while having an expanded role in railways.
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1919 — Battle of Laagna
Battle of Laagna (Estonian: Laagna lahing; January 18, 1919) took place in Laagna, Estonia, during the Estonian War of Independence with Estonian mariners and Finnish volunteers against the Red Army. In the morning the Estonians and Finns took Laagna village with a surprise attack and pushed the Red Army out. Against the Estonian mariners and Finnish volunteers (220 men altogether) were two regiments of Red Army infantry, two armored trains and some cavalry. The Russians repeatedly attacked the Estonian and Finnish positions with armored trains but were unable to capture Laagna and were driven back with heavy losses.
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1919 — Paris Peace Conference opens
On 18 January 1919, the Paris Peace Conference opened in France after the First World War. The victorious Allies began setting the terms of peace with the defeated Central Powers.
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1932 — Miners’ strike begins in Fígols
On 18 January 1932, miners at the Sant Corneli colony in Fígols, Catalonia, Spain, began a wildcat strike demanding better living and working conditions. It developed into the Alt Llobregat insurrection.
Most of the cited accounts place the opening strike on January 18; some historians give January 19.
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1937 — Voting begins in the 1937 British Indian provincial elections
On 18 January 1937, voting began in Assam and Bengal as part of the provincial elections in British India. Polling across the provinces continued on different dates into February. These historical provinces include territory in present-day India and Bangladesh.
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1943 — 1943 Pinsk Prison raid
The 1943 Pinsk Prison raid was one of the most spectacular raids in the history of the Home Army and the Polish Underground State. It took place on January 18, 1943 in Pinsk, the town in Eastern Poland (now in Belarus), which at that time was under German occupation as part of Reichskommissariat Ukraine. The purpose of the raid was to release a Cichociemni agent and his comrades, who had been captured by the Germans while trying to blow up the Horyn river bridge.
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1943 — Armed resistance to deportations in the Warsaw Ghetto
On 18 January 1943, German forces began another deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto in occupied Poland. Jewish resistance fighters engaged them in armed clashes. This January resistance preceded the larger uprising of April 1943.
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1945 — Operation Konrad III begins
On 18 January 1945, German forces began Operation Konrad III near Lake Balaton in Hungary, seeking to relieve the siege of Budapest and recapture Transdanubia.
The operation ran from 18 to 27 January 1945.
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1952 — Tsai Chang-hsien discovers a variable star in Monoceros
Taipei astronomer Tsai Chang-hsien identified an irregular variable star in the constellation Monoceros. The American Association of Variable Star Observers later catalogued the star.
Taipei, Taiwan · Science & discovery · Checked 2026-11-07
1955 — Battle of Douar Souadek
On 18 January 1955, French Army forces and Algeria’s National Liberation Army fought the Battle of Douar Souadek, also known as the Battle of Boukerker.
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1955 — PLA lands on the Yijiangshan Islands
On 18 January 1955, the People’s Liberation Army landed on the Yijiangshan Islands during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. Aircraft and artillery supported the assault on Republic of China positions.
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1958 — Willie O’Ree becomes the first Black player in the NHL
Willie O’Ree made his NHL debut for the Boston Bruins at the Montreal Forum. Boston defeated the Canadiens 3–0.
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1960 — Capital Airlines Flight 20
Capital Airlines Flight 20 was a U.S. scheduled passenger flight from Washington, D.C. to Norfolk, Virginia. A Vickers Viscount flying the route crashed into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, on January 18, 1960. The accident was the fourth fatal crash involving a Capital Viscount in less than two years; the first three were Capital Airlines Flight 67 (April 1958), Capital Airlines Flight 300 (May 1958) and Capital Airlines Flight 75 (May 1959).
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1964 — 1964 Baihe earthquake
On 18 January 1964, at 20:04 local time, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Baihe in Taiwan. The earthquake killed 106 people, destroyed 10,924 buildings and caused a major fire in Chiayi.
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1966 — Singapore holds a parliamentary by-election in Bukit Merah
Voters in Bukit Merah elected Lim Guan Hoo of the People’s Action Party to Parliament. The polling was the first of several by-elections held in Singapore that year.
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1967 — Jeremy Thorpe elected Liberal Party leader
On 18 January 1967, Jeremy Thorpe won the leadership election of Britain’s Liberal Party. The election followed Jo Grimond’s resignation after disappointing results in the 1966 general election.
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1969 — United Air Lines Flight 266
United Airlines Flight 266 was a scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles International Airport, California, to General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, via Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado. On January 18, 1969, at approximately 18:21 PST, the Boeing 727 operating the flight crashed into Santa Monica Bay, Pacific Ocean, about 11.5 miles (18.5 km) west of Los Angeles International Airport, four minutes after takeoff, killing all 38 on board.
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1974 — Egypt and Israel sign the Sinai I disengagement agreement
Military representatives signed at kilometer 101 on the Cairo–Suez road, with a UN commander as witness. The agreement set out how the two countries would separate their forces after the 1973 war.
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1976 — Karantina massacre
The Karantina massacre (Arabic: مجزرة الكرنتينا; French: Massacre de La Quarantaine/Karantina) took place on 18 January 1976, early in the Lebanese Civil War. La Quarantine, known in Arabic as "Karantina", was a Muslim-inhabited district in mostly Christian East Beirut controlled by forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Lebanese National Movement (LNM), and inhabited by Palestinians, Kurds, Armenians, Syrians, and Lebanese Muslims.
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1977 — Granville rail disaster
On Tuesday, 18 January 1977 at Granville, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a crowded commuter train led by a 46 class locomotive derailed, running into the supports of a road bridge that collapsed onto two of the train's passenger carriages. While the official inquiry found the primary cause of the crash to be poor fastening of the track, there were a number of factors that were identified as contributing to the accident. It remains the deadliest rail disaster in Australian history; 83 people died and 213 were injured. An 84th victim, an unborn child, was added to the fatality list in 2017.
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1977 — CDC announces identification of the Legionnaires’ disease bacterium
On January 18, 1977, a special issue of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report announced identification of the bacterium responsible for Legionnaires’ disease. The discovery followed investigation of the 1976 outbreak in Philadelphia.
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1977 — Yugoslav prime minister Džemal Bijedić killed in air crash
On 18 January 1977, Yugoslav prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife Razija and six others died when their Learjet 25 crashed on Inač mountain near Kreševo, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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1982 — Finland completes 1982 presidential elector voting
On 18 January 1982, Finland completed two days of public voting to choose presidential electors. The electors subsequently elected Mauno Koivisto, the first Social Democrat to become the country’s president.
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1983 — Jim Thorpe's family receives commemorative Olympic gold medals
The International Olympic Committee presented commemorative gold medals to Jim Thorpe's children at a ceremony in Los Angeles. The presentation followed the IOC's decision in 1982 to reinstate his 1912 pentathlon and decathlon titles as shared victories.
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1986 — 1986 Aerovías Guatemala Caravelle crash
The 1986 Aerovías Guatemala air crash occurred on 18 January 1986 and involved a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III that crashed into a hill on approach to Santa Elena Airport, Flores, Guatemala after a short flight from Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport. All 93 passengers and crew on board were killed, making it the worst air disaster in Guatemalan history.
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1988 — Philippine local elections, 1988
This article on elections in the Philippines give information on election and election results in the Philippines. Local elections for a new set of local and municipal officials were held on January 18, 1988 under the new Constitution of the Philippines which was ratified in 1987.
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1988 — China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146
China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 was an Ilyushin Il-18 that crashed near Chongqing, China on 18 January 1988 with the loss of all 108 passengers and crew.
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1988 — 1988 Manila local elections
On January 18, 1988, Manila held local elections as part of the Philippine nationwide local elections. Voters chose the mayor, vice mayor and city councillors.
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1988 — 1988 Naga, Camarines Sur, local elections
Local elections were held in Naga City, Camarines Sur, on January 18, 1988, as part of the nationwide local elections. Voters elected the mayor, vice mayor, and members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (city council). These were the first local elections after the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution and the ratification of the 1987 Constitution.
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1996 — End of the Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis
On 18 January 1996, the Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis reached the end of the period recorded in the source. It had begun on 9 January in Dagestan, Russia, during the First Chechen War, following a raid by separatist forces led by Salman Raduyev.
This entry uses the closing date of the crisis period recorded by the source.
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1998 — 1997 Empress's Cup final
1997 Empress's Cup Final was the 19th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 18, 1998. Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza won the championship.
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1998 — Royal Rumble (1998)
The 1998 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the 11th annual Royal Rumble event and took place on January 18, 1998, at the San Jose Arena in San Jose, California.
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1999 — Grenadian general election, 1999
General elections were held in Grenada on 18 January 1999. The governing New National Party of Prime Minister Keith Mitchell was re-elected after winning all 15 seats. Voter turnout was 56.5%.
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2002 — Sierra Leone’s civil war declared over
On 18 January 2002, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah declared the Sierra Leone Civil War officially over. The war had begun in 1991.
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2003 — Bushfires reach Canberra’s suburbs
On January 18, 2003, bushfires reached the suburbs of Canberra, Australia.
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2004 — 2003 Chinese Football Super Cup played in January 2004
On 18 January 2004, Beijing Hyundai defeated Shanghai Shenhua 4–3 in the 2003 Chinese Football Super Cup at the Olympic Park Stadium in Wuhu, China.
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2005 — Airbus presents the A380 in Toulouse
Airbus introduced the A380 at an official ceremony in its Jean-Luc Lagardère assembly hall. The double-deck aircraft made its first flight in April and appeared at the Paris Air Show in June.
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2005 — A Chinese expedition locates the highest point of the Antarctic ice sheet
A team from China’s 21st Antarctic expedition used GPS to locate the highest point of the Antarctic ice sheet at Dome A. The team had crossed more than 1,200 kilometres of ice from Zhongshan Station.
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2007 — Kyrill strikes the Dutch and German coasts
On 18 January 2007, windstorm Kyrill reached the Dutch and German coasts after crossing the North Sea. It caused widespread damage and disruption across Europe.
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2008 — ROH Undeniable (broadcast)
Undeniable was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on October 6, 2007 from the Inman Sports Club in Edison, New Jersey and aired on PPV on January 18, 2008.
This entry records the broadcast date, as explicitly given in the source infobox.
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2008 — The returned Euphronios Krater is presented in Rome
Italy presented the ancient Greek Euphronios Krater at the Vanvitelli Hall in Rome after its return from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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2009 — Hessian state election, 2009
Early state elections for the Landtag of Hesse were held in Hesse on 18 January 2009. The reason for the early elections was the inability of the parties to form a government after the inconclusive 2008 Hessian election.
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2010 — Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser expands to more cinemas in mainland China
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser expanded to about 200 cinemas in mainland China after opening in Beijing and Shanghai on 14 January. It was the first film in the Detective Conan series to receive a theatrical release in mainland China.
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2013 — End of the Battle of Konna
On 18 January 2013, the Battle of Konna in Mali reached the end of the period recorded in the source. Malian forces, supported by French troops in Operation Serval, fought Islamist rebel forces in and around the town.
This entry uses the closing date of the battle period recorded by the source.
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2013 — Chadian intervention in northern Mali begins
On 18 January 2013, Chad’s military intervention in northern Mali began during the Mali War. Chadian forces joined the campaign against Islamist armed groups.
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2013 — Zheng Zhemin and Wang Xiaomo receive China’s top science award
Physicist Zheng Zhemin and radar engineer Wang Xiaomo received China’s top science and technology award at a ceremony in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. They were the two recipients for the 2012 award year.
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2014 — World Series of Fighting 8: Gaethje vs. Patishnock
World Series of Fighting 8: Gaethje vs. Patishnock was a mixed martial arts event held January 18, 2014 in Hollywood, Florida, United States.
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2014 — Petr Fiala elected Civic Democratic Party leader
On 18 January 2014, Petr Fiala won the leadership election of the Czech Civic Democratic Party. The contest followed the party’s defeat in the 2013 legislative election.
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2015 — UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver
UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver (also known as UFC Fight Night 59) was a mixed martial arts event held on January 18, 2015 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
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2015 — 2015 Democratic Party of Japan leadership election
The 2015 Democratic Party of Japan presidential election was held on 18 January 2015. The election was held to replace outgoing president Banri Kaieda, who resigned after losing his seat in the December 2014 general election. Katsuya Okada was victorious in a close contest with Goshi Hosono after two rounds of voting, returning to the position he held from 2004 until 2005.
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2018 — A bus fire kills 52 passengers in Kazakhstan
A passenger bus caught fire on the Samara–Shymkent highway near Qalybai in Kazakhstan's Yrgyz District. Fifty-two passengers from Uzbekistan died, and five people escaped.
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2019 — Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion
On 18 January 2019, a pipeline transporting gasoline exploded in the town of Tlahuelilpan, in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. The blast killed at least 137 people and injured dozens more. Mexican authorities blamed fuel thieves, who had illegally tapped the pipeline. The explosion was particularly deadly because large crowds of people had gathered at the scene to steal fuel. Security forces tried to persuade people to move away from the scene, but they were outnumbered and asked not to engage with civilians for fear of causing a violent confrontation. The leak was reported at 17:04 CST (23:04 UTC), and the explosion occurred two hours later at 19:10.
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2019 — LFA 57: Zalal vs. Mariscal
On January 18, 2019, Legacy Fighting Alliance held LFA 57: Zalal vs. Mariscal at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, United States. The event aired on AXS TV.
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2020 — 2020 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
The 2020 Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election was held on 18 January 2020. The incumbent leader Petr Fiala was running for another term as the sole candidate. Fiala was reelected with 90% of the vote.
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2020 — 2020 Kimanis by-election
The 2020 Kimanis by-election is a by-election held on 18 January 2020 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Kimanis. The seat was declared vacant after the Federal Court on 2 December 2019 upheld the Election Court's ruling earlier on 16 August, nullifying the sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Anifah Aman's victory in the 2018 general election (GE14).
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2020 — UFC 246
UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 18, 2020, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
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2020 — Krzysztof Bosak wins Confederation’s presidential nomination
On 18 January 2020, Poland’s Confederation concluded its presidential primary at a convention in Warsaw. Krzysztof Bosak won the nomination for the 2020 presidential election.
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2023 — 2023 Brovary helicopter crash
On 18 January 2023, a Ukrainian Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma carrying ten people, including Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky, his deputy Yevhen Yenin, and State Secretary Yurii Lubkovych, crashed into a kindergarten in Brovary, a suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine. The crash killed fourteen people, including Monastyrsky, Yenin, and Lubkovych. Four of the victims were killed on the ground, including one child.
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2023 — 2023 Antiguan general election
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 18 January 2023 to elect members of the House of Representatives. The Labour Party (ABLP) has held an absolute majority of 15 seats in the House of Representatives after the 2018 general election, with Gaston Browne remaining as prime minister.
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2023 — 2022 Italian Super Cup played in January 2023
On 18 January 2023, Inter Milan defeated AC Milan 3–0 in the 2022 Italian Super Cup at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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2023 — 2023 Recopa Gaúcha
On 18 January 2023, Grêmio defeated São Luiz 4–1 at the Arena do Grêmio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in the 2023 Recopa Gaúcha.
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2025 — 2025 Brno-City by-election
A by-election for the Brno-City Senate seat in the Czech Republic was held on 17 and 18 January 2025 following the death of incumbent senator Roman Kraus.
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2025 — UFC 311
UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 18, 2025, at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, United States.
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2025 — BKFC Fight Night Pechanga: Kurdanov vs. Brito
On January 18, 2025, BKFC Fight Night Pechanga: Kurdanov vs. Brito took place at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California, United States.
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2026 — 2026 Adamuz rail disaster
On 18 January 2026, a high-speed passenger train derailed in the municipality of Adamuz, in the province of Córdoba, Spain. The derailment occurred on a straight section of the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line that was last refurbished in May 2025. A second train crashed into it and was also derailed. The incident killed 46 people including the Renfe train driver and injured 292 others, including 15 in critical condition. The crash was Spain's worst railway disaster since the Santiago de Compostela derailment in 2013, and the fourth deadliest railway accident ever recorded in the country.
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2026 — 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final was a football match played on 18 January 2026 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco. It determined the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the 35th edition of the biennial African tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and was contested between Senegal and hosts Morocco.
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2026 — Portugal holds the first round of its 2026 presidential election
António José Seguro and André Ventura received the most votes in the first round of Portugal's presidential election. Neither secured a majority, so they advanced to a runoff.
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