Editing June 18 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1633]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] is crowned King of Scots at [[St Giles' Cathedral]], [[Edinburgh]].
*[[1684]] &ndash; The charter of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] is revoked via a ''[[scire facias]]'' writ issued by an English court.
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Battle of Kolín]] between [[Prussian Army|Prussian forces]] under [[Frederick the Great]] and an [[Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor|Austrian army]] under the command of Field Marshal [[Count Leopold Joseph von Daun]] in the [[Seven Years' War]].
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[British Army]] abandons [[Philadelphia]].
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Action of 18 June 1799]]: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral [[Jean-Baptiste Perrée]] is captured by the British fleet under [[George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith|Lord Keith]].
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Haitian Revolution]]: The [[Royal Navy]] led by Rear-Admiral [[John Thomas Duckworth]] commence the [[blockade of Saint-Domingue]] against French forces.<ref>{{cite book |last=James |first=William |author-link=William James (naval historian) |year=2002 |orig-year=1827 |title=The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 3, 1800–1805 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |location=London |page=207 |isbn=0-85177-907-7}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; The United States [[United States declaration of war on the United Kingdom|declaration of war]] upon the United Kingdom is signed by President [[James Madison]], beginning the [[War of 1812]].
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Battle of Waterloo]] results in the defeat of [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] by the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]] and [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher]] forcing him to abdicate the throne of [[First French Empire|France]] for the second and last time.
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Konstantinos Kanaris]] blows up the [[Ottoman navy]]'s flagship at [[Chios]], killing the [[Kapudan Pasha]] [[Nasuhzade Ali Pasha]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Finlay |first=George |author-link=George Finlay |title=History of the Greek Revolution, Vol. I |publisher=William Blackwood and Sons |location=Edinburgh and London |year=1861 |url={{Google Books|-ktoAAAAMAAJ |plainurl=y}} | pages = 316–318}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Charles Darwin]] receives a paper from [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] that includes nearly identical conclusions about [[evolution]] as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
*[[1859]] &ndash; First ascent of [[Aletschhorn]], second summit of the [[Bernese Alps]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Susan B. Anthony]] is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the [[1872 United States presidential election|1872 presidential election]].
*[[1887]] &ndash; The [[Reinsurance Treaty]] between Germany and Russia is signed.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign [[diplomat]]s and their families.