What is July 18?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[390 BC]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Allia]]: A Roman army is defeated by raiding [[Gauls]], leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome. * [[64]] &ndash; [[Great fire of Rome]]: A fire begins to burn in the merchant area of [[Rome]] and soon burns completely out of control while Emperor [[Nero]] reportedly plays his [[lyre]] and sings while watching the blaze from a safe distance. * [[362]] &ndash; [[Roman-Persian Wars]]: Emperor [[Julian]] arrives at [[Antioch]] with a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] expeditionary force of around 60,000 soldiers and stays for nine months to launch a campaign against the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]]. * [[1195]] &ndash; [[Battle of Alarcos]], great victory of [[Almohad]] ruler [[Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur]] over the Castilian King [[Alfonso VIII of Castile|Alfonso VIII]]. * [[1290]] &ndash; King [[Edward I of England]] issues the [[Edict of Expulsion]] against all [[Judaism|Jews]] in [[England]], saying that they have to leave the country. * [[1334]] &ndash; The [[Bishop]] of [[Florence]] blesses the first foundation stone for the new Campanile ([[Bell]] tower) of [[Florence Cathedral]], designed by [[architect]] [[Giotto di Bondone]]. * [[1389]] &ndash; [[France]] and [[England]] agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, beginning a 13–year [[peace]], the longest period of continued peace during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. * [[1656]] &ndash; [[Poland|Polish]]–[[Lithuania]]n forces clash with [[Sweden]] and its [[Brandenburg]] allies in the start of what becomes known as the [[Battle of Warsaw]], which becomes a decisive Swedish victory. * [[1830]] &ndash; [[Uruguay]] adopts its first [[constitution]]. * [[1841]] &ndash; Emperor [[Pedro II of Brazil]] is crowned. * [[1857]] &ndash; [[Louis Faidherbe]], French [[Governor]] of [[Senegal]], arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending [[El Hajj Umar Tall]]'s rebellion against the French. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The first formal [[African American]] militar