User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/June 18

June 18

 * 1429 - French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc crush the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
 * 1812 - War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
 * 1815 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for a second, and final time
 * 1940 - Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle
 * 1940 - Finest Hour speech by Winston Churchill