Historical Events In December - 18

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

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

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  Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.   

1271  Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (å…ƒ yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China on this day in history.   

1352  On this day in history etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI   

1406  On December - 18 anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant   

1505  On December - 18 john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

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 this day in history.   

1577  On December - 18 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 December - 18 admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies   

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

1621  English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation on this day in history.   

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

1633  Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on December - 18.   

1635  On this day in history antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1638  Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on this day in history.   

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

1661  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 on this day in history.   

1667  Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer on this day in history.   

1707  On December - 18 charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement)   

1709  On December - 18 elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I)   

1710  On December - 18 peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62   

1719  On December - 18 thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"   

1732  On this day in history johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59   

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 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 December - 18.   

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on December - 18.   

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

1602  On December - 18 birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)   

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  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.   

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 December - 18.   

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on December - 18.   

1505  On December - 18 death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1565  On December - 18 benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62