This Year in History:
1818
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is published. The book, by 20‑year‑old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is frequently called the world’s first science fiction novel. In Shelley’s tale, a scientist animates a…
Frederick Douglass, a towering figure of American history, is born enslaved as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. He would go on to make a daring escape…
Illinois achieves full statehood on this day. Though Illinois presented unique challenges to immigrants unaccustomed to the soil and vegetation of the area, it grew to become a bustling and…
