Historical Events In December - 18

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

0821  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 December - 18 anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant   

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on December - 18.   

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

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer on December - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1603  Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies on December - 18.   

1610  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist on December - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1651  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on December - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1707  On December - 18 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  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on December - 18.   

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

1737  On this day in history antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy.   

1737  On this day in history antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93   

1745  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 on December - 18.   

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

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1507  On this day in history birth of ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)   

1562  On December - 18 birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  On this day in history birth of jakob Hassler, composer   

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

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

1633  On this day in history birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised   

0468  On this day in history death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita   

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

1133  On December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer   

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

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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