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- 1748
- Under the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, the Duchy of Guastalla is ceded to Infante Philip of Spain, who combines it with the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza.
- 1812
- The ancient Iglesia de La Blanca in Burgos, Spain, is destroyed during the Peninsular War.
- 1860
- Under the Convention of Peking, the Qing dynasty cedes Kowloon, part of Canton prefecture, to Great Britain, which establishes Hongkong.
- 1921
- A post office opens in Uszpirden, Lithuania.
- 1965
- John Golden Park opens in Queens, New York City.
- 1968
- The Waterfront Highway is proposed in Vancouver, British Columbia, but the highway is never built and the proposal would be abandoned in 1973.
- 1972
- A section of Interstate 10 opens in New Orleans.
- 2001
- Ma’ale Rehav’am is founded as an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on October 18, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on October 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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