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 this day in history 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 December - 18 alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden   

1133  Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.   

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

1562  On this day in history philipp Dulichius, composer   

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 this day in history charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1621  English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation on December - 18.   

1633  On December - 18 adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised   

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  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on December - 18.   

1661  On this day in history 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  On December - 18 wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer   

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

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  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  Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer on December - 18.   

1737  Antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy on December - 18.   

1737  Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 on December - 18.   

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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1507  On this day in history birth of ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)   

1562  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  On this day in history birth of jakob Hassler, composer   

1602  On December - 18 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  On December - 18 birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

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

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.