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  On December - 18 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   

1118  Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden on this day in history.   

1133  Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.   

1271  On December - 18 kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (å…ƒ yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China.   

1352  Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI on this day in history.   

1406  Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant on December - 18.   

1505  John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on December - 18.   

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  Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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  Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on this day in history.   

1651  On December - 18 francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54   

1661  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 on this day in history.   

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  Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on December - 18.   

1719  On December - 18 thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"   

1732  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1734  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Rey, composer   

1737  On December - 18 antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy.   

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 December - 18.   

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  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on December - 18.   

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

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

1620  On December - 18 birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

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

1633  On this day in history birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised   

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 this day in history.   

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

1290  On December - 18 death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)   

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on this day in history.   

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

1505  Death of John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on this day in history.   

1565  On December - 18 benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62