Historical Events In December - 18

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

0821  On this day in history 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 December - 18 alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden   

1133  On December - 18 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  On December - 18 etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI   

1406  Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant on December - 18.   

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1633  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on December - 18.   

1635  Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian on December - 18.   

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  Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer on December - 18.   

1707  On this day in history charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement)   

1709  Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I) on this day in history.   

1710  On December - 18 peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62   

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

1745  On December - 18 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  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on December - 18.   

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

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

1602  On this day in history 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  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on this day in history.   

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

1633  On December - 18 birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised   

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

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on December - 18.   

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.   

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on this day in history.   

1442  On this day in history 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  On December - 18 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