Historical Events In December - 18

0468  On December - 18 huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita  

0821  Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on this day in history.  

1118  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 on December - 18.  

1118  Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden on this day in history.  

1133  Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.  

1271  On this day in history kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (å…ƒ yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China.  

1352  Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI on this day in history.  

1406  Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant on this day in history.  

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

1562  On December - 18 philipp Dulichius, composer  

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

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 December - 18.  

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 December - 18.  

1621  On December - 18 english parliament accept unanimously, Protestation  

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

1633  On December - 18 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 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 this day in history.  

1709  On this day in history elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I)  

1710  On this day in history peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62  

1719  On December - 18 thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"  

1732  On December - 18 johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59  

1734  Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer on December - 18.  

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

1737  Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62  

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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 December - 18.  

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

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

1633  On December - 18 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 December - 18 death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita  

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on December - 18.