Historical Events In December - 18

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

0821  On this day in history theodulf, Bishop of Orléans  

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 December - 18.  

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  On December - 18 etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI  

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

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on this day in history.  

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

1569  On this day in history jakob Hassler, composer  

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

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 December - 18 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  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on December - 18.  

1635  On December - 18 antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian  

1638  Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on this day in history.  

1651  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on December - 18.  

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 December - 18.  

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

1709  On December - 18 elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I)  

1710  On December - 18 peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62  

1719  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 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  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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1507  Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on this day in history.  

1562  On December - 18 birth of philipp Dulichius, composer  

1569  On December - 18 birth of jakob Hassler, composer  

1602  On December - 18 birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)  

1610  On December - 18 birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist  

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on December - 18.  

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

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on this day in history.  

0468  On this day in history 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 December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer  

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on this day in history.  

1442  On December - 18 death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)  

1495  On December - 18 death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)  

1505  Death of John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on December - 18.  

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