This day in History - June 18

398 Historic Events for June 18
741 Death Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies
860 Event Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople
1155 Event Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor
1164 Death Elisabeth von Sch”nau, German mystic (Visiones), dies at about 34
1178 Event Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno
1178 Event 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation)
1291 Death Alfonso III, King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
1316 Event Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark and Luikse towns
1464 Death Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter, dies at 65
1511 Birth Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence
1511 Birth Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect
1529 Event Blackfriars begin: Henry VIII and Catharina of Arag¢n
1538 Event Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I
1541 Event Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland
1574 Event Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
1580 Event States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship
1580 Death Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
1581 Birth Thomas Overbury, poet (baptized)
1583 Event Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was œ383
1588 Death Anna, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna van Saksen, dies at 24
1629 Death Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51
1629 Event Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape
1639 Event Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war
1643 Event Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies
1667 Death Louise Henri‰tte, daughter of Frederik Hendrik, dies at 39