Historical Events In December - 18
Friday, 25 October 2024
0468 On this day in history huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita
0821 Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on December - 18.
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 December - 18.
1133 On December - 18 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 On December - 18 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 On December - 18 philipp Dulichius, composer
1565 Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1569 On this day in history jakob Hassler, composer
1577 On December - 18 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 December - 18 english parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
1633 On December - 18 adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised
1633 Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on this day in history.
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 December - 18.
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 this day in history.
1710 Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1719 Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" on December - 18.
1732 Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on December - 18.
1734 Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer on this day in history.
1737 Antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy on December - 18.
1737 On this day in history antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93
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 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on December - 18.
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