Historical Events In December - 18

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

0821  On December - 18 theodulf, Bishop of Orléans   

1118  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 on December - 18.   

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

1133  Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 18.   

1569  On December - 18 jakob Hassler, composer   

1577  Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

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 December - 18.   

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

1621  On December - 18 english parliament accept unanimously, Protestation   

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

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

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

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

1651  On December - 18 francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54   

1661  On this day in history 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  Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer on December - 18.   

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

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

1737  Antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy on December - 18.   

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

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  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 December - 18.   

1562  On December - 18 birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

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

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on December - 18.   

1610  On December - 18 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  On December - 18 birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised   

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

0468  On December - 18 death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita   

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

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

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

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

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