Historical Events In December - 18

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

0821  On December - 18 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer on December - 18.   

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

1569  On December - 18 jakob Hassler, composer   

1577  On this day in history anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32   

1597  On this day in history barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67   

1603  On this day in history admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 18.   

1661  On December - 18 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"   

1732  On December - 18 johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59   

1734  On December - 18 jean-Baptiste Rey, composer   

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

1562  On this day in history 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  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on December - 18.   

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on December - 18.   

1633  On this day in history 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  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on this day in history.   

0821  On this day in history death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans   

1133  On December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer   

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

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

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on this day in history.   

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

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