Literary Facts - June 18
1812: The U.S. declares war on Great Britain in the name of “Free Trade and Sailors’ Rights,” commencing the War of 1812. (Explore: The War of 1812, What was the turning point of the War of 1812?)
1815: Allied troops under the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher defeat Napoleon’s French forces at the Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon is exiled to the isle of St. Helena. (Explore: Napoleon, Waterloo, Napoleon, Why and how did Napoleon lose the Battle of Waterloo on Sunday, June 18th, 1815?)
1835: William Cobbett dies. (Explore: William Cobbett)
1871: Leonid (Nikolaevich) Andreyev is born. (Explore: The Seven Who Were Hanged, Leonid Andreyev, Lazarus)
1932: Geoffrey Hill is born. (Explore: Geoffrey Hill, Ovid in the Third Reich, Requiem for the Plantagenet Kings)
1937: Gail Godwin is born. (Explore: Dream Children, Gail Godwin, A Sorrowful Woman)
1982: John Cheever dies. (Explore: The Swimmer, The Country Husband, John Cheever)
