July 18, 1290 - Edward I issues his Edict of Expulsion which banished all Jews (at that around 18,000) from England.
July 18, 1817 - Jane Austen, brilliant English novelist, died at the age of 41. She

is best known for her novels
Pride and Prejudice and
Sense and Sensibility. Her books have been the basis for a new fad of "sequels" and "prequels."
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