Historical Events In August - 18
Sunday, 04 June 2023
0353 On this day in history decentius, Roman usurper
0410 On this day in history king Alarik I's Visigoten occupies & plunders Rome
0472 On this day in history flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
0849 Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian on August - 18.
1201 The city of Riga is founded on this day in history.
1227 On August - 18 genghis Khan Dies
1227 Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies on this day in history.
1236 Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies on this day in history.
1258 Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea on August - 18.
1276 Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies on this day in history.
1289 On this day in history pope Nicolaus IV publishes degree "Supra montem"
1318 Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268) on this day in history.
1450 Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet on August - 18.
1503 On this day in history alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies
1541 A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541) on August - 18.
1559 On August - 18 paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83
1564 Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente on this day in history.
1572 On this day in history king Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois
1579 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange on this day in history.
1587 On this day in history first English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare)
1587 On August - 18 saul Wahl is elected King of Poland, according to legend.
1587 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare) on this day in history.
1591 On August - 18 governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England & found everyone in the colony had disappeared [or Aug 17, 1590]
1605 Spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen on this day in history.
1613 On this day in history giovanni Artusi, Italian composer
1634 Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France on this day in history.
1636 The Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed on August - 18.
1652 On August - 18 benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40
1674 On this day in history jean Racine's "Iphigénie," premieres in Versailles
1685 Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem on August - 18.
1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus on August - 18.
1698 On August - 18 russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
1700 On August - 18 swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
1712 On this day in history richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier