1800
Russian conquest of the Caucasus
War · Europe · 1800 – 1864
On this day
18 December
282 events in the atlas are dated to 18 December, from 69 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 282 events
- 69 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1845
Battle of Mudki
Battle · South Asia
1972
Operation Linebacker II
Battle · Southeast Asia
1979
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Treaty · North America
2010
Arab Spring
War · Sub-Saharan Africa · 2010 – 2012
2010
Tunisian revolution
Event · North Africa · 2010 – 2011
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 6 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 13 events- 1800Russian conquest of the CaucasusWar · Europe · 1800 – 1864
- 16361636 Fort Duma earthquakeNatural disaster · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1622Battle of MbumbiBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1745Clifton Moor SkirmishBattle · Europe
- 1798Founding of S. M. Kirov Military Medical AcademyFounding · Europe
- 15941594 Ica earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 1708Siege of GhentSiege · Europe
- 1534Founding of CepleaFounding · Europe
- 1793Battle of FroeschwillerBattle · Europe
- 1792trial of Thomas PainePolitical
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 26 events- 1845Battle of MudkiBattle · South Asia
- 18281828 Sandyo In Etigo earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1848Founding of Punta ArenasFounding · South America
- 1829Founding of BatamFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1849Founding of MonticelloFounding · North America
- 1888Founding of EdinaFounding · North America
- 18281828 Sanjō earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 18671867 Chilung (Keelung) earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1867Angola HorrorAccident · North America
- 1888Construction of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via MerulanaConstruction · Europe
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 120 events- 1979Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenTreaty · North America
- 1972Operation Linebacker IIBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1990International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their FamiliesTreaty
- 1923Danzig guldenEvent · Europe · 1923 – 1939
- 19641964 Dhanushkodi cycloneEvent · South Asia
- 1979Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1979Event · Europe
- 1939Battle of the Heligoland BightBattle · Europe
- 1939Battle of Kunlun PassBattle · East Asia · 1939 – 1940
- 19921992 South Korean presidential electionElection · East Asia
- 1942Tatsinskaya RaidBattle · Europe
The 21st century
since 2001 · 116 events- 2010Arab SpringWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 2010 – 2012
- 2010Tunisian revolutionEvent · North Africa · 2010 – 2011
- 2019first impeachment of Donald TrumpEvent · North America · 2019 – 2020
- 2005Chad–Sudan ConflictWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 2005 – 2010
- 2011Iraqi insurgencyRebellion · Middle East · 2011 – 2013
- 2023Operation Prosperity GuardianEvent · Middle East · 2023 – 2025
- 20232023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptionsNatural disaster · Europe
- 2002Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or PunishmentTreaty
- 20232023 Jishishan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 20052005 Bolivian general electionElection · South America
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.