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On January 18, 350: General Magnentius is proclaimed emperor by Roman aristocrats discontent with the rule of emperor Constans.

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Featured moment · 350

General Magnentius is proclaimed emperor by Roman aristocrats discontent with the rule of emperor Constans.

Magnus Magnentius was a Roman general and usurper against Constantius II. Of Germanic descent, Magnentius served with distinction in Gaul, where the army chose him as a replacement for the unpopular emperor Constans. Acclaimed Augustus on 18 January 350, Magnentius quickly killed Constans and gained control over most of the Western Empire.

People

Born on January 18

Sophia Reid-Gantzert 2010– Canadian actress and dancer
Wendy Shongwe 2003– South African soccer player (born 2003)
Anastasia Zakharova 2002– Russian tennis player (born 2002)
Ki-Jana Hoever 2002– Dutch footballer (born 2002)
Karim Adeyemi 2002– German footballer (born 2002)
Karan Brar 1999– American actor (born 1999)
Tee Higgins 1999– American football player (born 1999)
Djorkaeff Reasco 1999– Ecuadorian footballer (born 1999)
Gary Trent Jr. 1999– American basketball player (born 1999)
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Mateus Ward 1999– American actor (born 1999)
Aitana Bonmatí 1998– Spanish footballer (born 1998)
Lisandro Martínez 1998– Argentine footballer (born 1998)
Éder Militão 1998– Brazilian footballer (born 1998)
Emil Audero 1997– Indonesian footballer (born 1997)
Denis Malgin 1997– Swiss ice hockey player (born 1997)
Bryce Alford 1995– American basketball player (born 1995)
Leonard Fournette 1995– American football player (born 1995)
Samu Castillejo 1995– Spanish footballer (born 1995)

People

Died on January 18

Claire van Kampen English director and composer (1953–2025) David Crosby American singer and guitarist (1941–2023)
Francisco Gento Spanish footballer (1933–2022)
Yvette Mimieux American actress (1942–2022)
André Leon Talley American fashion journalist (1948–2022)
John Coughlin American pair skater (1985–2019)
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr Iraqi archaeologist (1938–2019)
Peter Abrahams South African novelist, journalist and political commentator (1919–2017)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint English female cricketer, businesswoman and life peer
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Roberta Peters American opera singer
Johnny Bach American basketball player and coach (1924–2016)
Glenn Frey American rock musician (1948–2016)
T. S. Sinnathuray Singaporean judge (1930–2016)
Michel Tournier French writer (1924–2016)
Alberto Nisman Argentine lawyer and prosecutor (1963–2015)
Christine Valmy Romanian-American esthetician, consultant, and entrepreneur
Piet van der Sanden Dutch politician and journalist (1924–2015)
Tony Verna American television producer

Timeline

Every January 18 on record

  1. 350 General Magnentius is proclaimed emperor by Roman aristocrats discontent with the rule of emperor Constans.

    Roman usurper

    Magnus Magnentius was a Roman general and usurper against Constantius II. Of Germanic descent, Magnentius served with distinction in Gaul, where the army chose him as a replacement for the unpopular emperor Constans. Acclaimed Augustus on 18 January 350, Magnentius quickly killed Constans and gained control over most of the Western Empire.

  2. 474 Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.

    Eastern Roman emperor in 474

    Leo II, called the Younger, briefly reigned as a child emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 473 to 474. He was the son of Zeno, the Isaurian general and future emperor, and Ariadne, a daughter of the emperor Leo I. Leo II was made co-emperor with his grandfather Leo I on 17 November 473, and became sole emperor on 18 January 474 after Leo I died of dysentery.

  3. 532 Nika riots in Constantinople fail.

    532 Byzantine revolt against Justinian I

    The Nika riots, Nika revolt or Nika sedition took place against Byzantine emperor Justinian I in Constantinople over the course of a week in 532 AD. They are often regarded as the most violent riots in the city's history, with nearly half of Constantinople being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed.

  4. 1126 Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.

    Emperor of China from 1100 to 1126

    Emperor Huizong of Song, personal name Zhao Ji, was the eighth emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the penultimate emperor of the Northern Song dynasty. He was also a very well-known painter, poet and calligrapher. Born as the 11th son of Emperor Shenzong, he ascended the throne in 1100 upon the death of his elder brother and predecessor, Emperor Zhezong, because Emperor Zhezong's only son died prematurely.

  5. 1486 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York.

    King of England from 1485 to 1509

    Henry VII, also known as Henry Tudor, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.

  6. 1562 Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
  7. 1586 The magnitude 7.9 Tenshō earthquake strikes Honshu, Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a tsunami.
  8. 1670 Henry Morgan captures Panama.
  9. 1701 Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia in Königsberg.
  10. 1778 James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
  11. 1788 The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
  12. 1806 Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British.
  13. 1866 Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
  14. 1871 Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
  15. 1886 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
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  1. 1896 An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
  2. 1911 Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
  3. 1913 First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
  4. 1915 Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
  5. 1919 World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
  6. 1919 Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
  7. 1932 Alt Llobregat insurrection breaks out in Central Catalonia, Spain.
  8. 1941 World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
  9. 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
  10. 1945 World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
  11. 1958 Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
  12. 1960 Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
  13. 1967 Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
  14. 1969 United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
  15. 1972 Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, a month after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army.

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