What happend on 18th May

17.05
19.05
1593

Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.

1268

The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch; Baibars' destruction of the city of Antioch was so great as to permanently negate the city's importance.

1152

Henry II marries Eleanor of Aquitaine