Historical Events In January - 18

0336  On this day in history st Mark elected Catholic Pope  

0350  General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans on this day in history.  

0474  Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor on January - 18.  

0532  Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die on this day in history.  

1126  On this day in history emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.  

1307  On January - 18 german king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia  

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1478  On this day in history grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod  

1479  On January - 18 louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61  

1486  On January - 18 king Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV  

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1520  Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde on January - 18.  

1520  Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde on this day in history.  

1535  Francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru on January - 18.  

1535  The city of Lima, capital of present-day Peru, is founded by Spanish conquistadors on the central Pacific coast of South America on this day in history.  

1543  On this day in history alfonso Ferrabosco, composer  

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1591  On this day in history king Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.  

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) on this day in history.  

1644  On this day in history perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's first UFO sighting  

1644  1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston on January - 18.  

1650  French Prince Louis II of Condé captured on January - 18.  

1650  French Prince Louis II of Condé captured on this day in history.  

1657  On January - 18 hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)  

1659  On this day in history benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64  

1664  On January - 18 moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies  

1666  On January - 18 adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56  

1671  Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panamá on January - 18.  

1671  Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama on this day in history.  

1677  John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1685  On January - 18 tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized  

1689  On January - 18 the birth of Charles de Montesquieu, French philosopher  

1689  Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes) on January - 18.  

1691  On January - 18 english king Willem III travels to The Hague  

1701  On January - 18 frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia  

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0885  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on January - 18.  

1519  On this day in history birth of isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)  

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.  

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on this day in history.  

1657  On this day in history birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)  

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.  

1685  On this day in history birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized  

1688  On this day in history birth of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)  

0052  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on January - 18.  

0474  Death of Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) on January - 18.  

1367  On January - 18 pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46  

1425  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on this day in history.  

1471  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on January - 18.  

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on January - 18.  

1580  On this day in history antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63  

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on this day in history.