Today in History on This Day Friday 18th October 2013 Historical Events Events 1 - 15 707 - John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Churchs foundations down to bedrock. 1016 - Danes defeat Saxons at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon) 1081 - Battle at Durazzo/Durres: Normans under Robert Guiscard beat Byzantine 1267 - Battle at Marienholz: Henry III, Otto II van Gelre beat Keuls archbishop Engelbert III 1356 - Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroyed the town of Basel, Switzerland. 1386 - Opening of the University of Heidelberg 1534 - New pursuit of French protestants 1561 - Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima -- Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts. 1564 - John Hawkins begins 2nd trip to America 1572 - Spanish troops attack Maastricht 1622 - French King Louis XIII & Huguenots sign treaty of Montpellier 1648 - 1st labor organization forms in North American colonies (Boston Shoemakers) 1667 - English fleet plunders Suriname plantations 1672 - Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz Todays Historical Events » Famous Birthdays Born Today Ex-soldier, drifter Lee Harvey OswaldEx-soldier, drifter Lee Harvey Oswald (1939) Birthdays 1 - 15 1127 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) 1239 - Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) 1405 - Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) 1517 - Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) 1547 - Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian 1569 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) 1595 - Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) 1611 - Valentin Strobel, composer 1634 - Luca Giordano, Italian artist (d. 1705) 1638 - Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet 1653 - Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713) 1662 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714) 1663 - Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye/land guardian of Austria-Neth 1668 - Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94) 1668 - Wierich PL earl von Daun, Austrian prince of Thiano/fieldmarshall Todays Famous Birthdays » Famous Weddings Weddings 1 - 3 1952 - Latin actress Maria Felix (38) weds actor and singer Jorge Negreta (40) in Mexico 1986 - Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie (43) weds keyboardist Eduardo Quintela 2011 - Actress, model and singer Bijou Phillips (32) weds actor and disc jockey Danny Masterson (36) at a private castle in Ireland Todays Famous Weddings » Famous Divorces Divorces 1 - 1 2000 - Actress Demi Moore (37) divorces actor Bruce Willis (45) due to irreconcilable differences after 13 years of marriage Todays Famous Divorces » Famous Deaths Passed Away Today Inventor Thomas EdisonInventor Thomas Edison (1931) Deaths 1 - 15 707 - John VII, Catholic Pope (705-07), of Greek ancestry, dies 1035 - Sancho III of Navarre 1101 - Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) 1141 - Margrave Leopold IV of Austria 1340 - Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies 1382 - James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) 1417 - Pope Gregory XII [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies 1459 - Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies 1503 - Pius III, [Francesco Todeschini], Pope (9/22-10/18/1503), dies 1541 - Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (b. 1489) 1545 - John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55 1558 - Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Neth (1531-55), dies at 53 1564 - Johannes Acronius Frisius, German physician and mathematician (b. 1520) 1570 - Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (b. 1517) 1589 - Adolf van Nieuwenaar & Meurs, viceroy of Utrecht, dies in battle
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