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  On this day in history alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden  

1133  Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.  

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  On December - 18 etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI  

1406  On this day in history anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant  

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

1562  On this day in history philipp Dulichius, composer  

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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  On this day in history anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32  

1597  On this day in history barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1710  On December - 18 peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62  

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

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

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

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

1737  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on December - 18.  

1620  On this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)  

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

1495  On December - 18 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