September 18 in History

96 events 96 – 2018

September 18 spans 96 recorded events across recorded history — from 96 – 2018. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United State

2017 — Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada

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In 2017, Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.

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Toys "R" Us is an American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer that was founded in April 1948 by Charles Lazarus in Washington, D.C. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

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The retailer initially began as Children's Supermart, selling furniture until it refocused itself as Toys "R" Us in June 1957. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.

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By the end of the 1970s, Toys "R" Us had opened locations across the United States, followed by another major growth in the 1980s to become one of the U.S.'s leading toy retailers. This shows how the event shaped policy and public communication in the same period.

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In the mid-1980s, it expanded internationally and established Canadian and British divisions. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.


Emperor Domitian is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects.
Nerva is then proclaimed as his successor.
AD 96 (XCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valens and Vetus. The denomination AD 96 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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96
Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
Roman emperor from 306 to 337
Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played a pivotal role in elevating the status of Christianity in Rome, the Edict of Milan decriminalising Christian practice and ceasing Christian persecution. This was a turning point in the Christianisation of the Roman Empire. He founded the city of Constantinople and made it the capital of the Empire, which it remained for over a millennium.
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324
Battle of Kapetron between a combined Byzantine-Georgian army and a Seljuq army.
Battle of the Byzantine–Seljuq wars, 1048
The Battle of Kapetron or Kapetrou was fought between a Byzantine-Georgian army and the Seljuq Turks at the plain of Kapetron in 1048. The event was the culmination of a major raid led by the Seljuq prince Ibrahim Inal into Byzantine-ruled Armenia. A combination of factors meant that the regular Byzantine forces were at a considerable numerical disadvantage against the Turks: the local thematic armies had been disbanded, while many of the professional troops had been diverted to the Balkans to face the revolt of Leo Tornikios. As a result, the Byzantine commanders, Aaron and Katakalon Kekaumenos, disagreed on how best to confront the invasion. Kekaumenos favoured an immediate and pre-emptive strike, while Aaron favoured a more cautious strategy until the arrival of reinforcements. Emperor Constantine IX chose the latter option and ordered his forces to adopt a passive stance, while requesting aid from the ruler of Georgian Duchy of Kldekari, Liparit IV. This allowed the Turks to ravage at will, notably leading to the sack and destruction of the great commercial centre of Artze.
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1048
Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands with Tostig Godwinson at the mouth of the Humber River and begins his invasion of England.
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
Harald Sigurdsson, also known as Harald III and given the epithet Hardrada in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066. He unsuccessfully claimed the Danish throne until 1064 and the English throne in 1066. Before becoming king, Harald spent 15 years in exile as a mercenary and military commander in Kievan Rus' and chief of the Varangian Guard in the Byzantine Empire. In his chronicle, Adam of Bremen called him the "Thunderbolt of the North".
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1066
Philip Augustus becomes king of France at the age of fifteen.
King of France from 1180 to 1223
Philip II, also known as Philip Augustus, was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks, but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French monarch to style himself "King of France". The only son of King Louis VII and his third wife, Adela of Champagne, he was originally nicknamed 'God-given' because he was a first son and born late in his father's life. Philip was given the epithet "Augustus" by the chronicler Rigord for having extended the crown lands of France so remarkably.
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1180
Thirteen Years' War: In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic knights.
Conflict between the Prussian Confederation, Poland, and the Teutonic Order
The Thirteen Years' War, also called the War of the Cities, was a conflict fought in 1454–1466 between the Prussian Confederation, allied with the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, and the State of the Teutonic Order.
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1454
The expedition of Juan Bautista Pastene makes landfall in San Pedro Bay, southern Chile, claiming the territory for Spain.
16th-century Italian maritime explorer of South America
Giovanni Battista Pastene (1507–1580) was a Genoese maritime explorer who, while in the service of the Spanish crown, explored the coasts of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile as far south as the archipelago of Chiloé.
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1544
The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
Unit of time in the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar
A baktun is 20 kʼatun cycles of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar. It contains 144,000 days, equal to 394.26 tropical years. The Classic period of Maya civilization occurred during the 8th and 9th baktuns of the current calendrical cycle. The current baktun started on 13.0.0.0.0 – December 21, 2012 using the GMT correlation.
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1618
George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727
George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. He was the first British monarch of the House of Hanover.
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1714
The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
1739 treaty between Austria and the Ottomans
The Treaty of Belgrade, also known as the Belgrade Peace, was a peace treaty between the Habsburg Monarchy and Ottoman Empire, that was signed on September 18, 1739, in Belgrade, thus ending the Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739). Agreed territorial changes were substantial, and also favorable for the Ottoman side, since Habsburgs had to cede three regions: the Banat of Craiova, the Kingdom of Serbia with Belgrade, and Bosnian section of Posavina, thus placing the newly defined Habsburg-Ottoman border on the rivers Sava and Danube.
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1739
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20 people 1982 – 2008
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1993
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1990
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1984
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What happened on September 18?

A featured event on this date is 2017: Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada. This page also lists 96 events from other years on the same day.

Why is September 18 remembered in history?

September 18 brings together events, births, and deaths across many eras, which makes it useful for seeing how one calendar date connects different historical turning points.

Who was born on September 18?

Notable birthdays on this date include Jackson Robert Scott, Santiago Castro, Aidan Gallagher.

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Who died on September 18?

Notable deaths on this date include Kesaria Abramidze, Nick Gravenites, Salvatore Schillaci.

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What happened on September 18 in history?

On September 18, one notable event in history was 2017: Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada..

This date currently highlights 96 recorded events on thisDay.info, spanning 96 – 2018.

DateSeptember 18
Featured year2017
LocationToys
Events listed96

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