WHAT HAPPENED ON 18. MARCH
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The Roman Senate annulled Tiberius's will and proclaimed Caligula emperor. (18. March 37)

Emperor Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea were murdered by legionaries near Moguntiacum (modern Mainz). The Severan dynasty ended. (18. March 235)

Ridda Wars: The Arabian Peninsula is united under the central authority of Caliph Abu Bakr. (18. March 633)

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declared himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade. (18. March 1229)

Mongols overwhelmed Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plundered the city. (18. March 1241)

Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, was burned at the stake. (18. March 1314)

Albert II of Habsburg became Holy Roman Emperor. (18. March 1438)

Susenyos was formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia. (18. March 1608)

The Third Anglo-Powhatan War began in the Colony of Virginia. (18. March 1644)

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sold his part of New Jersey to the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers. (18. March 1673)

New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George was burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741. (18. March 1741)

American Revolution: The British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. (18. March 1766)

The first republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, was declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann. (18. March 1793)

Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England were sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union. (18. March 1834)

The March Revolution went on in the German Confederation; in Berlin there was a struggle between citizens and military, costing about 300 lives. This started the revolution in Northern Germany. (18. March 1848)

American Express was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo. (18. March 1850)

American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourned for the last time. (18. March 1865)

Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, ordered evacuation of Paris. (18. March 1871)

Hawaii signed a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights. (18. March 1874)

Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledged to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; originally presented to amateur champions, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the top pro team since 1910, and since 1926, only to National Hockey League teams. (18. March 1892)