On this day: 18th August
Events: 1304 - The battle of Mons-en-Pevele is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias. 1487 - The seige of Malaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces. 1572 - Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot king Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile protestants and catholics. 1587 - Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child in the Americas. 1612 - The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes. 1634 - Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. 1783 - A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the East Coast. 1838 - The Wilkes expedition which would explore the Puget sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton roads. 1864 - American civil war: Battle of Globe Tavern union forces...