WHAT HAPPENED ON 18. MAY
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Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. (18. May 332)

Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. (18. May 1152)

The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch. (18. May 1268)

Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia. (18. May 1302)

Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cadiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela. (18. May 1499)

The Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta. (18. May 1565)

The Royal Audiencia of Concepción is created by a decree of Philip II of Spain. (18. May 1565)

Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. (18. May 1593)

In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. (18. May 1631)

Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal. (18. May 1652)

The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France. (18. May 1756)

Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec. (18. May 1763)

First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John), New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States. (18. May 1783)

Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France. (18. May 1803)

Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate. (18. May 1804)

Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by Jose Artigas. (18. May 1811)

John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. (18. May 1812)

The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland. (18. May 1843)

Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany. (18. May 1848)

Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State. (18. May 1860)