Events for July 18
July 18, 1792
John Paul Jones, died
John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 06, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States’ first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War.
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July 18, 1794
Feargus Edward O'Connorr, born
Feargus Edward O’Connor (18 July 1796 – 30 August 1855) was an Irish Chartist leader and advocate of the Land Plan, which sought to provide smallholdings for the laboring classes.
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July 18, 1872
Voting by secret ballot was introduced for the first time
The demand for a secret ballot was one of the six points of Chartism.
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July 18, 1689
Mountjoy Ship - Siege of Derry
The Mountjoy was a merchant ship used to relieve the Siege of Derry in Ulster in 1689.
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