Historical Events In January - 18

0336  St Mark elected Catholic Pope   

0350  General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans   

0474  Leo II briefly is recorded as becoming Byzantine emperor   

0532  Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40000 die   

1126  Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.   

1307  German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia.   

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46.   

1478  Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod.   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

1486  King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV   

1520  Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde   

0885  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on January - 18.   

1519  Isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born today in history.   

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born today in history.   

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on January - 18.   

1657  Today in history birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)   

1672  Today in history birth of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)   

1685  On January - 18 birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

0052  Today in history death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)   

0474  Today in history death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on January - 18.   

1425  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on January - 18.   

1471  Today in history death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)   

1479  On this day in history louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on January - 18.   

1586  Today in history death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)