Historical Events In December - 18

0468  On December - 18 huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita  

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 this day in history.  

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

1133  On December - 18 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  Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant on December - 18.  

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on December - 18.  

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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 December - 18 anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32  

1597  Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 on December - 18.  

1603  On this day in history admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies  

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

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

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

1633  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on December - 18.  

1635  Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian on December - 18.  

1638  On this day in history le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies  

1651  On this day in history francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54  

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 December - 18.  

1707  Charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement) on December - 18.  

1709  Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I) on December - 18.  

1710  Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1719  Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" on December - 18.  

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

1734  Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer on this day in history.  

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

1737  Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1751  On this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62  

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1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on this day in history.  

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

1569  On December - 18 birth of jakob Hassler, composer  

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.  

1610  On December - 18 birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist  

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on December - 18.  

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

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on this day in history.  

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.  

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

1133  On this day in history death of hildebert, French writer  

1290  On this day in history death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)  

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on December - 18.  

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on this day in history.  

1505  On this day in history 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