Events for July 18

July 18, 1872

Voting by secret ballot was introduced for the first time

The demand for a secret ballot was one of the six points of Chartism.

July 18, 1561

Battle of Red Sagums

On July 18th, 1561, Irish Rebel, Shane O’Neill defeated English Troops at the Battle of Red Sagmus, Lord Lieutenant of Earl of Sussex kept O’Neill on the defensive. The English pressed their Divide and Conquer Strategy which proved successful when the MacDonalds killed O’Neill.

July 18, 1792

John Paul Jones, died

John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 06, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States’ first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War.

July 18, 1579

James fitz Maurice FitzGerald lands forces in Dingle

James fitz Maurice FitzGerald (died 1579), called “fitz Maurice”, was captain-general of Desmond while Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, was detained in England by Queen Elizabeth I after the Battle of Affane in 1565.