Historical Events In August - 18
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0353 On August - 18 decentius, Roman usurper
0410 On August - 18 king Alarik I's Visigoten occupies & plunders Rome
0472 Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker on August - 18.
0849 Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian on this day in history.
1201 The city of Riga is founded on August - 18.
1227 On August - 18 genghis Khan Dies
1227 On August - 18 genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies
1236 On this day in history theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies
1258 On this day in history theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea
1276 Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies on August - 18.
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 On August - 18 marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet
1503 On August - 18 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 this day in history.
1559 On August - 18 paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83
1564 Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente on August - 18.
1572 On this day in history king Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois
1579 On this day in history charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange
1587 First English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare) on August - 18.
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 Governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England & found everyone in the colony had disappeared [or Aug 17, 1590] on this day in history.
1605 On this day in history spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen
1613 Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer on August - 18.
1634 Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France on August - 18.
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 Jean Racine's "Iphigénie," premieres in Versailles on this day in history.
1685 On August - 18 brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus on August - 18.
1698 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam on August - 18.
1700 Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark on this day in history.
1712 On this day in history richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier