Historical Events In December - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden on this day in history.
1133 Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.
1271 On December - 18 kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 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 Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant on this day in history.
1505 John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on December - 18.
1562 Philipp Dulichius, composer on this day in history.
1565 On this day in history benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62
1569 Jakob Hassler, composer on December - 18.
1577 On this day in history anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32
1597 On December - 18 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 this day in history english parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
1633 On this day in history adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised
1633 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 On this day in history wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer
1707 On December - 18 charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement)
1709 Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I) on December - 18.
1710 Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on December - 18.
1719 Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" on this day in history.
1732 Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on December - 18.
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 this day in history 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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