Historical Events In December - 18
Saturday, 08 February 2025
0468 On December - 18 huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita
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 Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden on December - 18.
1133 On December - 18 hildebert, French writer
1271 On this day in history 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 December - 18.
1406 On this day in history anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant
1505 John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on this day in history.
1562 On this day in history philipp Dulichius, composer
1565 Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1569 Jakob Hassler, composer on this day in history.
1577 On December - 18 anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32
1597 Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 on December - 18.
1603 On December - 18 admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies
1610 On this day in history charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist
1621 On December - 18 english parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
1633 Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised on this day in history.
1633 Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on this day in history.
1635 On this day in history antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian
1638 Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on December - 18.
1651 Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on this day in history.
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 Charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement) on December - 18.
1709 Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I) on this day in history.
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 On December - 18 johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59
1734 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Rey, composer
1737 Antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy on this day in history.
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 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on this day in history.
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