WHAT HAPPENED ON 18. FEBRUARY
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The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. (18. February 1229)

The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakvere. (18. February 1268)

Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces. (18. February 1332)

George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London. (18. February 1478)

Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by 6 warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them. (18. February 1637)

The city of Surakarta, Central Java is founded on the banks of Bengawan Solo River, and becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Surakarta. (18. February 1745)

A mutiny by captive Malagasy begins at sea on the slave ship Meermin, leading to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators. (18. February 1766)

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana). (18. February 1781)

French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade Trinidad. (18. February 1797)

Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau. (18. February 1814)

In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America. (18. February 1861)

With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy. (18. February 1861)

American Civil War: Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia. (18. February 1865)

Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities. (18. February 1873)

John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico. (18. February 1878)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States. (18. February 1885)

Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg. (18. February 1900)

Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels. (18. February 1906)

The first official flight with air mail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away. (18. February 1911)

Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country. (18. February 1913)