Historical Events In December - 18
Friday, 23 May 2025
0468 Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.
0821 Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on this day in history.
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 this day in history alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden
1133 Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.
1271 Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 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 Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on December - 18.
1569 Jakob Hassler, composer on this day in history.
1577 Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 on December - 18.
1597 Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on this day in history.
1651 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1710 On this day in history peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62
1719 Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" on December - 18.
1732 On this day in history johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59
1734 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Rey, composer
1737 On this day in history antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy.
1737 Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 on December - 18.
1745 On December - 18 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 December - 18 kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62
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