Historical Events In December - 18

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

0821  On December - 18 theodulf, Bishop of Orléans   

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  On this day in history hildebert, French writer   

1271  Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (å…ƒ yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China on December - 18.   

1352  Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI on this day in history.   

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

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

1562  On this day in history philipp Dulichius, composer   

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history jakob Hassler, composer   

1577  On December - 18 anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32   

1597  On this day in history barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67   

1603  Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1621  English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation on December - 18.   

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

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

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

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 December - 18.   

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 December - 18.   

1667  Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer on December - 18.   

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

1709  On this day in history elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I)   

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

1719  Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" on December - 18.   

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

1734  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Rey, composer   

1737  On December - 18 antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy.   

1737  On December - 18 antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93   

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 this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62   

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1507  On December - 18 birth of ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)   

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  On this day in history birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1620  On this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 18 death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans   

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

1290  On December - 18 death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)   

1442  On December - 18 death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)   

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on this day in history.   

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

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on December - 18.