Historical Events In December - 18
Monday, 13 May 2024
0468 On December - 18 huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita
0821 On December - 18 theodulf, Bishop of Orléans
1118 Aragon's Alfonso the Battler takes Saragossa December 18 from the Almoravid king Ali ibn-Yusuf, whose father defeated Castile's Alfonso VI in 1086 on December - 18.
1118 Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden on December - 18.
1133 Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.
1271 Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China on this day in history.
1352 Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI on December - 18.
1406 On December - 18 anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant
1505 John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on December - 18.
1562 Philipp Dulichius, composer on December - 18.
1565 Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1569 Jakob Hassler, composer on this day in history.
1577 On December - 18 anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32
1597 Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1603 On this day in history admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies
1610 Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist on December - 18.
1621 English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation on this day in history.
1633 Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised on December - 18.
1633 Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on this day in history.
1635 Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian on this day in history.
1638 On this day in history le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies
1651 Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1661 The "S.S.Elizabeth" of Burntisland lost off the English coast with the Scottish records aboard, being returned from London to which they had been taken by Oliver Cromwell on this day in history.
1667 On December - 18 wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer
1707 Charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement) on December - 18.
1709 On this day in history elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I)
1710 On this day in history peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62
1719 On December - 18 thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"
1732 On this day in history johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59
1734 Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer on this day in history.
1737 On December - 18 antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy.
1737 On this day in history antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93
1745 Skirmish at Clifton where retreating Jacobite forces under Lord George Murray, defeated General Bland's Hanoverian troops. The last battle to be fought on English soil on this day in history.
1751 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on December - 18.
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