Historical Events In August - 18
Saturday, 21 December 2024
0353 Decentius, Roman usurper on August - 18.
0410 On this day in history king Alarik I's Visigoten occupies & plunders Rome
0472 On August - 18 flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
0849 Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian on this day in history.
1201 The city of Riga is founded on August - 18.
1227 Genghis Khan Dies on this day in history.
1227 On August - 18 genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies
1236 On August - 18 theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies
1258 Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea on August - 18.
1276 Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies on August - 18.
1289 On August - 18 pope Nicolaus IV publishes degree "Supra montem"
1318 On August - 18 clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268)
1450 Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet on August - 18.
1503 On August - 18 alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies
1541 On this day in history a Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
1559 Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1564 Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente on this day in history.
1572 On this day in history king Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois
1579 On this day in history charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange
1587 On August - 18 first English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare)
1587 Saul Wahl is elected King of Poland, according to legend on this day in history.
1587 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare) on August - 18.
1591 Governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England & found everyone in the colony had disappeared [or Aug 17, 1590] on August - 18.
1605 Spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen on this day in history.
1613 On this day in history giovanni Artusi, Italian composer
1634 Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France on August - 18.
1636 The Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed on this day in history.
1652 Benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40 on this day in history.
1674 On August - 18 jean Racine's "Iphigénie," premieres in Versailles
1685 On August - 18 brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus on this day in history.
1698 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam on this day in history.
1700 On August - 18 swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
1712 On August - 18 richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier