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- 1276
- Germersheim, a settlement in the Kingdom of Germany first attested in 1090, is granted city rights.
- 1836
- The Erie & Kalamazoo Railroad opens between Toledo, Ohio, and Adrian, Michigan.
- 1889
- A statue of Louis Robbe is dedicated in Kortrijk, West Flanders, a few metres from its present location.
- 1908
- Mountain Province is established in the Philippines.
- 2007
- The Handan section of the Qinglan Expressway opens in Hebei province, China.
- 2022
- The first Lands' End clothing store in Staten Island, New York, closes after two years in business.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on August 18, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on August 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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