Historical Events In December - 18

0468  Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on this day in history.   

0821  Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on this day in history.   

1118  On December - 18 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   

1118  On December - 18 alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden   

1133  On December - 18 hildebert, French writer   

1271  On this day in history kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (å…ƒ yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China.   

1352  On this day in history etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI   

1406  Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant on this day in history.   

1505  John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on this day in history.   

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on December - 18.   

1565  On December - 18 benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer on December - 18.   

1577  Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 on December - 18.   

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  On December - 18 charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1621  English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation on this day in history.   

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised on December - 18.   

1633  On December - 18 theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62   

1635  On December - 18 antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1638  On December - 18 le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies   

1651  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1661  On December - 18 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.   

1667  On December - 18 wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer   

1707  On December - 18 charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement)   

1709  Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I) on December - 18.   

1710  Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1719  On December - 18 thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"   

1732  On December - 18 johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59   

1734  Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer on December - 18.   

1737  On this day in history antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy.   

1737  Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 on December - 18.   

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 December - 18.   

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on December - 18.   

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1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on this day in history.   

1562  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  On this day in history birth of jakob Hassler, composer   

1602  On December - 18 birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)   

1610  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on this day in history.   

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on this day in history.   

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on December - 18.   

1633  On this day in history birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised   

0468  On this day in history death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita   

0821  On December - 18 death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans   

1133  On this day in history death of hildebert, French writer   

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on December - 18.   

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)   

1505  On this day in history death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1565  On this day in history benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62