Historical Events In December - 18

0468  Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on this day in history.  

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 December - 18.  

1133  Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.  

1271  Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (å…ƒ 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 this day in history.  

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on this day in history.  

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

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer on December - 18.  

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 December - 18.  

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  English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1707  On this day in history charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement)  

1709  On December - 18 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  Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" on this day in history.  

1732  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1734  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Rey, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer  

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1602  On this day in history birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)  

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

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on December - 18.  

1633  On this day in history birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised  

1633  On December - 18 birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised  

0468  On this day in history 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  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on this day in history.  

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

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on this day in history.  

1505  On this day in history death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed  

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