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March 18

March 18 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1241 and 1996. First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on March 18?

March 18 is the 77th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1241 and 1996. Famous people born on March 18 include Ingemar Stenmark, Stéphane Mallarmé and Neville Chamberlain.

The shape of the day

March 18's record stretches 755 years, from 1241 to 1996. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Pisces is the sign for March 18 — read more on the Pisces page, or see March's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on March 18

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Movie Dhurandhar: The Revenge
  • Game Scritchy Scratchy

2022

  • Game Syberia: The World Before
  • Game Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
  • Game Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
  • TV Mutual Consent

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1241

    First Mongol invasion of Poland

    First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.

  2. 1608

    Susenyos I

    Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.

  3. 1915

    World War I

    World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.

  4. 1922

    Mahatma Gandhi

    In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.

  5. 1925

    1925 Tri-State tornado

    The 1925 Tri-State tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.

  6. 1940

    World War II

    World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.

  7. 1944

    Mount Vesuvius

    Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers.

  8. 1971

    Peru

    Peru: A landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.

  9. 1994

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  10. 1996

    Ozone Disco fire

    A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.

Famous birthday twins

Born on March 18

Ingemar Stenmark

b. 1956

Swedish skier

Stéphane Mallarmé

b. 1842

French poet and critic

Neville Chamberlain

b. 1869

English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Rudolf Diesel

b. 1858

German engineer, invented the Diesel engine

Grover Cleveland

b. 1837

American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States

Willy Sagnol

b. 1977

French footballer and manager

Friedrich Hebbel

b. 1813

German poet and playwright

Werner Mölders

b. 1913

German colonel and pilot

Deaths

  • 2017Chuck Berry
  • 2016Guido Westerwelle
  • 1980Erich Fromm
  • 1964J. Sigfrid Edström
  • 1913George I of Greece
  • 1907Marcellin Berthelot

Holidays & observances

  • —Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation (Mexico)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Aimée-Adèle Le Bouteiller
  • —Christian feast day: Alexander of Jerusalem
  • —Christian feast day: Anselm of Lucca
  • —Christian feast day: Cyril of Jerusalem
  • —Christian feast day: Edward the Martyr
  • —Christian feast day: Fridianus
  • —Christian feast day: Salvator

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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