Historical Events In December - 18

0468  On this day in history huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita  

0821  On December - 18 theodulf, Bishop of Orléans  

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  On this day in history hildebert, French writer  

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

1352  On this day in history etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI  

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  On this day in history jakob Hassler, composer  

1577  Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1621  English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation on December - 18.  

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised on this day in history.  

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

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

1638  Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on December - 18.  

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

1661  On this day in history 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 December - 18.  

1719  On this day in history thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"  

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 December - 18.  

1737  Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 on December - 18.  

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 December - 18 kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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 December - 18 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 December - 18.  

0821  On December - 18 death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans  

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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