Historical Events In January - 18

0336  On January - 18 st Mark elected Catholic Pope  

0350  General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans on January - 18.  

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

0532  On this day in history nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die  

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 this day in history.  

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

1478  Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod on this day in history.  

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

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

1520  On January - 18 christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde  

1520  On this day in history christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde  

1535  On this day in history francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru  

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

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

1644  Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's first UFO sighting on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1666  Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

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

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

1689  On this day in history the birth of Charles de Montesquieu, French philosopher  

1689  On this day in history charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)  

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 January - 18 birth of isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)  

1543  On this day in history birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer  

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

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

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)  

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

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.  

0052  On this day in history 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  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on January - 18.  

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

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

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