Historical Events In December - 18

0468  Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.   

0821  Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on December - 18.   

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 this day in history alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden   

1133  Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.   

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

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

1406  On this day in history anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant   

1505  On December - 18 john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on this day in history.   

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

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer on this day in history.   

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 December - 18.   

1603  On December - 18 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  On December - 18 adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised   

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  On this day in history francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54   

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 this day in history wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer   

1707  Charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement) on December - 18.   

1709  On December - 18 elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I)   

1710  Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on December - 18.   

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

1732  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1734  Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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.   

1751  On December - 18 kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62   

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on December - 18.   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on December - 18.   

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  On this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

1633  On December - 18 birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised   

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on December - 18.   

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.   

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

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.   

1290  On this day in history death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)   

1442  On this day in history death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)   

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

1505  Death of John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on December - 18.   

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