Historical Events In December - 18

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

0821  On this day in history 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  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" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China on December - 18.  

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

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

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on this day in history.  

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1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1603  Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies on this day in history.  

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

1621  On December - 18 english parliament accept unanimously, Protestation  

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

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

1635  Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian on this day in history.  

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

1651  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on December - 18.  

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 December - 18.  

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

1709  Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I) on this day in history.  

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

1734  On December - 18 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  Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on this day in history.  

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

1569  On this day in history birth of jakob Hassler, composer  

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)  

1495  On this day in history death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)  

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