373 Historic Events for January 18
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| 336 |
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St Mark elected Catholic Pope
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| 350 |
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General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans
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| 532 |
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Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die
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| 1307 |
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German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia
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| 1367 |
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Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46
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| 1478 |
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Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod
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| 1479 |
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Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61
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| 1486 |
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King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV
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| 1520 |
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Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde
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| 1535 |
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Francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru
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| 1543 |
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Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer
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| 1580 |
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Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63
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| 1641 |
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Fran‡ois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)
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| 1644 |
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Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting
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| 1644 |
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1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston
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| 1650 |
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French Prince Louis II of Cond‚ captured
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| 1657 |
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Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)
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| 1659 |
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Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64
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| 1664 |
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Moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies
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| 1666 |
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Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56
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| 1671 |
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Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panam
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| 1677 |
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John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57
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| 1685 |
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Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized
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| 1689 |
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Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)
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| 1691 |
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English king Willem III travels to The Hague
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