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 this day in history 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 December - 18.  

1133  On this day in history hildebert, French writer  

1271  Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 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 this day in history.  

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on December - 18.  

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

1569  On this day in history jakob Hassler, composer  

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  Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies on this day in history.  

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

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

1633  On December - 18 adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised  

1633  On December - 18 theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62  

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

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

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  On this day in history wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1732  On this day in history johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59  

1734  Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer on December - 18.  

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

1737  On December - 18 antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93  

1745  On this day in history 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.  

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on December - 18.  

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1507  On December - 18 birth of Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)  

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on December - 18.  

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 December - 18.  

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 18.  

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

1133  On December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer  

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

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

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on December - 18.  

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

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