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On June 18, 618: Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.

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Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.

Emperor Gaozu of Tang, personal name Li Yuan, courtesy name Shude, Xianbei name Daye Yuan, was the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 618 to 626 CE. Under the Sui dynasty, Li Yuan was the governor in the area of modern-day Shanxi, and was based in Taiyuan.

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Born on June 18

Choi Ye-won 1999– South Korean singer and actress (born 1999)
Trippie Redd 1999– American rapper (born 1999)
Katharina Hobgarski 1997– German tennis player
Latrell Mitchell 1997– Australian international rugby league footballer (born 1997)
Alen Halilović 1996– Croatian footballer (born 1996)
Niki Wories 1996– Dutch figure skater (born 1996)
Maxim Kovtun 1995– Russian figure skater
Sean McMahon 1994– Australia international rugby union player
Takeoff 1994– American rapper (1994–2022)
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Dennis Lloyd 1993– Israeli record producer and musician
Luke Adam 1990– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Sandra Izbașa 1990– Romanian artistic gymnast
Derek Stepan 1990– American ice hockey player (born 1990)
Christian Taylor 1990– American track and field athlete
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 1989– Gabon international footballer (born 1989)
Chris Harris Jr. 1989– American football player (born 1989)
Elini Dimoutsos 1988– Greek footballer
Josh Dun 1988– American musician

People

Died on June 18

James Chance American musician (1953–2024)
Anouk Aimée French actress (1932–2024)
Yoyong Martirez Filipino basketball player (1946–2024)
Willie Mays American baseball player (1931–2024)
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Uffe Ellemann-Jensen Danish politician (1941–2022)
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Adibah Noor Malaysian singer, actress and master of ceremonies (1970–2022)
Vera Lynn English singer and entertainer (1917–2020)
XXXTentacion American rapper and singer-songwriter (1998–2018)
Big Van Vader (also known as Vader) American professional wrestler (born 1955) American professional wrestler and football player (1955–2018)
Jimmy Wopo American rapper (1997–2018)
Jeppiaar Indian politician and educationist (1931–2016)
Phil Austin American comedian and writer (1941–2015)
Ralph J. Roberts American businessman (1920-2015)
Danny Villanueva American football player and broadcasting executive (1937–2015)

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Every June 18 on record

  1. 618 Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.

    Founder and Emperor of Tang Dynasty of China (618 - 626)

    Emperor Gaozu of Tang, personal name Li Yuan, courtesy name Shude, Xianbei name Daye Yuan, was the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 618 to 626 CE. Under the Sui dynasty, Li Yuan was the governor in the area of modern-day Shanxi, and was based in Taiyuan.

  2. 656 Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.

    1st Shia Imam and 4th Rashidun caliph (656–661)

    Ali ibn Abi Talib was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from 656 CE until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint Asad, Ali was raised in the household of his cousin Muhammad and was among the first to accept his teachings.

  3. 860 Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.

    Battle during the Rus'-Byzantine Wars

    The siege of Constantinople in 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus' recorded in Byzantine and western European sources. The casus belli was the construction of the fortress Sarkel by Byzantine engineers, restricting the Rus' trade route along the Don River in favour of the Khazars. Accounts vary, with discrepancies between contemporary and later sources, and the outcome is unknown in detail.

  4. 1053 Battle of Civitate: Three thousand Norman horsemen of Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.

    1053 battle between the Normans and a coalition of Swabian, Italian, and Lombard forces

    The Battle of Civitate was fought on 18 June 1053 in southern Italy, between the Normans, led by the Count of Apulia Humphrey of Hauteville, and a Swabian-Italian-Lombard army, organised by Pope Leo IX and led on the battlefield by Gerard, Duke of Lorraine, and Rudolf, Prince of Benevento. The Norman victory over the allied papal army marked the climax of a conflict between the Norman mercenaries who came to southern Italy in the eleventh century, the de Hauteville family, and the local Lombard princes. By 1059 the Normans would create an alliance with the papacy, which included a formal recognition by Pope Nicholas II of the Norman conquest in south Italy, investing Robert Guiscard as Duke of Apulia and Calabria, and Count of Sicily.

  5. 1264 The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.

    Former parliament of Ireland

    The Parliament of Ireland was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until the end of 1800. It was modelled on the Parliament of England and from 1537 comprised two chambers: the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The Lords were members of the Irish peerage and bishops.

  6. 1265 A draft Byzantine–Venetian treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, but is not ratified by Doge Reniero Zeno.
  7. 1391 Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present-day southeast Russia.
  8. 1429 Charles VII's army defeats an English army under John Talbot at the Battle of Patay during the Hundred Years' War. The English lost 2,200 men, over half their army, crippling their efforts during this segment of the war.
  9. 1633 Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
  10. 1684 The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
  11. 1757 Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
  12. 1778 American Revolutionary War: The British Army abandons Philadelphia.
  13. 1799 Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith.
  14. 1803 Haitian Revolution: The Royal Navy led by Rear-Admiral John Thomas Duckworth commence the blockade of Saint-Domingue against French forces.
  15. 1812 The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison, beginning the War of 1812.
Show 15 earlier entries from June 18
  1. 1815 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
  2. 1822 Konstantinos Kanaris blows up the Ottoman navy's flagship at Chios, killing the Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha.
  3. 1837 St. Joseph Mutiny: African soldiers in the 1st West India Regiment – led by former slave trader Daaga – launched a rebellion in the British colony of Trinidad in an attempt to escape to Africa.
  4. 1858 Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
  5. 1859 First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
  6. 1873 Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
  7. 1887 The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
  8. 1900 Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  9. 1908 Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
  10. 1908 The University of the Philippines is established.
  11. 1920 The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922) begin with a week of sectarian violence in Derry.
  12. 1928 Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  13. 1935 Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
  14. 1940 Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
  15. 1940 The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.

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