Historical Events In December - 18
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
0468 Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on this day in history.
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 Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden on December - 18.
1133 On this day in history hildebert, French writer
1271 Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China on this day in history.
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 December - 18.
1565 Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on December - 18.
1569 On this day in history jakob Hassler, composer
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history english parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
1633 On December - 18 adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised
1633 On December - 18 theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62
1635 On this day in history antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian
1638 On this day in history le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies
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 this day in history.
1667 On this day in history wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer
1707 Charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement) on December - 18.
1709 On this day in history 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 On December - 18 thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"
1732 On this day in history johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59
1734 Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer on December - 18.
1737 On this day in history antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy.
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 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on December - 18.
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