![]() 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.1866 – Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.1806 – Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British.1788 – The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay. ![]() 1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".1701 – Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.1586 – The magnitude 7.9 Tenshō earthquake strikes Honshu, Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a tsunami.1562 – Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York.1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor.January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar 347 days remain until the end of the year (348 in leap years).
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