1818

Events

 * February 12:
 * Richard Rush becomes United States Minister to the United Kingdom

Births

 * October 17:
 * Harvey Abner Allen - Commander of the Department of Alaska (d. 1882)
 * November 26:
 * James Ferguson Dowdell - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1871)

Deaths

 * October 5:
 * Nancy Hanks - Mother of President Abraham Lincoln (b. 1784)