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 this day in history.  

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

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

1307  German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia on January - 18.  

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on January - 18.  

1478  On January - 18 grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod  

1479  On this day in history louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61  

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  On January - 18 christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde  

1535  On this day in history francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru  

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

1543  On January - 18 alfonso Ferrabosco, composer  

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

1644  On January - 18 perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's first UFO sighting  

1644  1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1659  Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1664  Moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies on this day in history.  

1666  On this day in history adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56  

1671  On this day in history pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panamá  

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 January - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

1691  English king Willem III travels to The Hague on this day in history.  

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

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

1519  Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on January - 18.  

1425  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on January - 18.  

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

1586  On January - 18 death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)