Frederick II's Diplomatic Triumph: The Sixth Crusade (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (18 Feb 2026) Today's historical events: The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. The Battle of Wesenberg is fought between the Livonian Order and Dovmont of Pskov. Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces. George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London. Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them. The ballad opera called Flora, or Hob in the Well went down in history as the first opera of any kind to be produced in North America (Charleston, S.C.) Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana). Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state. French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade Trinidad. Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau. In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America. With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy. Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities. John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices