In history, year 1818 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1818.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 01 january | Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Shelley, was first published in London. |
| 12 february | On the first anniversary of its victory in the Battle of Chacabuco, Chile formally declared its independence from Spain. |
| 16 april | The United States Senate ratified the Rush–Bagot Treaty, which laid the basis for a demilitarized boundary between the US and British North America. |
| 20 april | Four days after the Court of King's Bench in England upheld murder suspect's right to trial by battle in Ashford v Thornton, the plaintiff declined to fight, allowing the defendant to go free. |
| 31 may | Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore. The success of the Bengali monthly Digdarshan encouraged the missionaries of the Baptist Missionary Society to embark on a new venture - the publication of a Bengali newspaper. The initiative was taken by Joshua Marshman and William Ward. |
| 20 october | The United Kingdom and the United States signed the Treaty of1818, which settled the Canada–United States border on the 49thparallel between the Pacific Ocean and Lake of the Woods. |
| 24 december | Silent Night a Christmas carol by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber, was first performed in a church in Austria. |
| 22 August | Warren Hasting, the first Governor General of India, died. |
| 12 February | The South American country Chile gained independence from Spain. |
| 04 April | In the US Parliament, it was decided to put 13 red stripes and 20 stars in the national flag. |
| 13 January | Rana of Udaipur compromised with Britain for the protection of Mewar. |
| 12 February | Chile declared its independence from Spain. |
| 15 March | In the first Seminole War, General Andrew Jackson and his US Army attacked Florida. |
| 07 April | Brooks Brothers, the oldest clothing merchants in the United States, opened its first store on the northeast corner of Catherine and Cherry Streets in New York City. |
| 11 May | The Old Vic Theater in London was established as the Royal Coburg Hall). |
| 03 June | The Maratha War ended between the British and Maratha Confederates in India. |
| 10 July | The first edition of The Farmer's Almanac was published in the United States. |
| 01 August | A separate topographical bureau of the United States Department was established. |
| 23 September | The boundary markers were formally established for the European region of Moreset. |
| 05 October | Claudine Thévenet (known as "Mary of St. Ignatius ") founded the Roman Catholic Order Studiégius de Yesus-Marie "Religious of Jesus and Mary") in Lyon, France. |
| 11 November | Later renamed Ying Wa College) at the Anglo-Chinese College Malacca by Robert Morrison. |
| 03 December | Illinois was accepted as the 21st US state. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 04 April | Thomas Mayne Reid / Poet / United States of America |
| 05 September | Edmund Kennedy / Explorer / Australia |
| 05 November | Benjamin Butler / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 06 February | William M. Evarts / Politician / United States of America |
| 06 March | William Claflin / Politician / United States of America |
| 07 November | Emil du Bois-Reymond / Physician / Germany |
| 09 January | Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon / Photographer / France |
| 12 September | Theodor Kullak / Pianist / Germany |
| 12 September | Richard Jordan Gatling / Inventor / United States of America |
| 14 January | Zachris Topelius / Journalist / Finland |
| 15 October | Alexander Dreyschock / Pianist / Czech Republic |
| 20 April | Heinrich Göbel / Engineer / United States of America |
| 21 November | Lewis H. Morgan / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 22 October | Leconte de Lisle / Poet / France |
| 22 March | John Ainsworth Horrocks / Explorer / United Kingdom |
| 24 December | James Prescott Joule / Physicist / United Kingdom |
| 25 May | Jacob Burckhardt / Historian / Switzerland |
| 29 November | George Brown / Politician / Canada |
| 30 July | Jan Heemskerk / Politician / Netherlands |
| 30 August | Alexander H. Rice / Politician / United States of America |