Historical Events In December - 18
Thursday, 03 April 2025
0468 Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.
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 On this day in history alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden
1133 On this day in history 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 On this day in history etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI
1406 Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant on December - 18.
1505 On December - 18 john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed
1562 Philipp Dulichius, composer on December - 18.
1565 Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1569 On December - 18 jakob Hassler, composer
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 this day in history.
1621 On December - 18 english parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
1633 On December - 18 adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised
1633 On December - 18 theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62
1635 Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian on December - 18.
1638 Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on December - 18.
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 December - 18.
1709 Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great & Catherine I) on December - 18.
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 December - 18 johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59
1734 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Rey, composer
1737 On December - 18 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 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 this day in history.
1751 On December - 18 kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62
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