THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 18
May 18 in history
What happened on May 18: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1291 and 1803, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Fall of Acre
18 May 1291 — the last great city of Outremer falls tower by tower after six weeks of siege; the final defenders drown or die on the mole. Two centuries of crusader rule on the mainland end in a single morning. A site of memory.
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— Creation of the Haitian flag
18 May 1803 — At a congress of the rebel generals, Dessalines tears the white out of the French tricolour. The blue and red, sewn by Catherine Flon by tradition, becomes the flag of the war for independence.
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