Historical Events In January - 18

0336  St Mark elected Catholic Pope on January - 18.  

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

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

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

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

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  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 on this day in history.  

1641  On January - 18 francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)  

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 this day in history french Prince Louis II of Condé captured  

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

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

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

1664  Moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies on January - 18.  

1666  Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56 on January - 18.  

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

1671  On January - 18 pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama  

1677  John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57 on January - 18.  

1685  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized on this day in history.  

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  English king Willem III travels to The Hague on January - 18.  

1701  Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia on this day in history.  

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0885  On January - 18 birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)  

1519  Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on January - 18.  

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

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  On January - 18 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 this day in history.  

0474  On January - 18 death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)  

1367  On this day in history pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46  

1425  On this day in history death of edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)  

1471  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on this day in history.  

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 January - 18.  

1586  On this day in history death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)