What happend on 18th December

17.12
19.12
1926

The Makropulos Affair, an opera by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček, premieres in Brno, the Czech Republic.

1916

The Battle of Verdun ends in World War I

1912

Piltdown Man is "discovered"

1894

Women in South Australia become the first in Australia to gain the right to vote and to be elected to Parliament.

1865

Slavery is abolished in the United States, with the passing of the 13th Amendment

1787

New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the United States Constitution

1776

North Carolina's Constitution is ratified.

1642

Abel Tasman lands at Mohua Golden Bay becoming the first European in New Zealand.

1352

Innocent VI is elected Pope.