Historical Events In December - 18

0468  Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on this day in history.   

0821  Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on this day in history.   

1118  Aragon's Alfonso the Battler takes Saragossa December 18 from the Almoravid king Ali ibn-Yusuf, whose father defeated Castile's Alfonso VI in 1086 on December - 18.   

1118  On December - 18 alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden   

1133  On this day in history hildebert, French writer   

1271  Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (å…ƒ yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China on this day in history.   

1352  Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI on December - 18.   

1406  On this day in history anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant   

1505  On this day in history john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1562  On December - 18 philipp Dulichius, composer   

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on December - 18.   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32   

1597  On this day in history barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67   

1603  On December - 18 admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies   

1610  On this day in history charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1621  On this day in history english parliament accept unanimously, Protestation   

1633  On this day in history adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised   

1633  On this day in history theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62   

1635  On this day in history antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1638  On December - 18 le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies   

1651  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1661  On December - 18 the "S.S.Elizabeth" of Burntisland lost off the English coast with the Scottish records aboard, being returned from London to which they had been taken by Oliver Cromwell.   

1667  Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer on this day in history.   

1707  On December - 18 charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement)   

1709  On this day in history elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I)   

1710  On December - 18 peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62   

1719  Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" on this day in history.   

1732  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on December - 18.   

1734  On December - 18 jean-Baptiste Rey, composer   

1737  Antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93   

1745  Skirmish at Clifton where retreating Jacobite forces under Lord George Murray, defeated General Bland's Hanoverian troops. The last battle to be fought on English soil on December - 18.   

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on December - 18.   

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on December - 18.   

1610  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on December - 18.   

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on December - 18.   

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on this day in history.   

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on December - 18.   

1133  On December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer   

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on December - 18.   

1442  On December - 18 death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)   

1495  On December - 18 death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)   

1505  On December - 18 death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1565  On this day in history benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62