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- 1190
- Arenshausen is first attested in the Eichsfeld region.
- 1763
- The town of New Boston Addition is established in the New Hampshire Colony.
- 1798
- The Roman Republic is proclaimed.
- 1850
- California is divided into 26 counties.
- 1851
- The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad is completed in Ohio.
- 1915
- Dansungsa burns to the ground in Seoul.
- 1928
- Avenida Alfonso Ugarte opens in Lima, Peru.
- 1965
- A section of the Massachusetts Turnpike opens in Boston.
- 1965
- The Gambia gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1985
- Line 1 of the Nantes tramway opens in Nantes, France.
- 2020
- The General Alejo Santos Bridge reopens in Bustos, Bulacan, Philippines.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on February 18, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on February 18 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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