Historical Events In January - 18

0336  On this day in history st Mark elected Catholic Pope  

0350  On this day in history general Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans  

0474  Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor on this day in history.  

0532  Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die on January - 18.  

1126  Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong on January - 18.  

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

1486  King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV on this day in history.  

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

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

1535  Francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru on this day in history.  

1535  On January - 18 the city of Lima, capital of present-day Peru, is founded by Spanish conquistadors on the central Pacific coast of South America.  

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer on January - 18.  

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on January - 18.  

1591  On January - 18 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  On this day in history 1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston  

1650  On January - 18 french Prince Louis II of Condé captured  

1650  On this day in history french Prince Louis II of Condé captured  

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) on this day in history.  

1659  On January - 18 benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64  

1664  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1519  On this day in history birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)  

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

1641  On this day in history birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)  

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on January - 18.  

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on January - 18.  

1685  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on January - 18.  

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on January - 18.  

0052  On January - 18 death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)  

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 January - 18.  

1471  On January - 18 death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)  

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

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