Historical Events In December - 18

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  Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.  

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

1352  On this day in history etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI  

1406  On December - 18 anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant  

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on this day in history.  

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

1569  On December - 18 jakob Hassler, composer  

1577  Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

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  English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation on December - 18.  

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised on this day in history.  

1633  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1638  On December - 18 le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies  

1651  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1709  Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I) on December - 18.  

1710  Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1737  On December - 18 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  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  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer  

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  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on this day in history.  

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

1633  On this day in history birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised  

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.  

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on December - 18.  

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.  

1290  On December - 18 death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)  

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on this day in history.  

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.