Historical Events In August - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0353 On August - 18 decentius, Roman usurper
0410 On August - 18 king Alarik I's Visigoten occupies & plunders Rome
0472 On this day in history flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
0849 On August - 18 walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian
1201 The city of Riga is founded on this day in history.
1227 On August - 18 genghis Khan Dies
1227 Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies on this day in history.
1236 On this day in history theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies
1258 On August - 18 theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea
1276 On this day in history adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies
1289 On August - 18 pope Nicolaus IV publishes degree "Supra montem"
1318 On this day in history 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 August - 18.
1564 On August - 18 spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente
1572 On this day in history king Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois
1579 On August - 18 charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange
1587 First English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare) on this day in history.
1587 On August - 18 saul Wahl is elected King of Poland, according to legend.
1587 On August - 18 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare)
1591 Governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England & found everyone in the colony had disappeared [or Aug 17, 1590] on August - 18.
1605 On August - 18 spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen
1613 On this day in history giovanni Artusi, Italian composer
1634 On August - 18 urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
1636 On August - 18 the Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed.
1652 On this day in history benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40
1674 Jean Racine's "Iphigénie," premieres in Versailles on this day in history.
1685 Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem on August - 18.
1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus on this day in history.
1698 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam on August - 18.
1700 On this day in history swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
1712 On this day in history richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier