Events on 18 April 37
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King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.
Year 1232
The Spanish town of Arjona declares independence and names its native Muhammad ibn Yusuf as ruler. This marks the Muhammad's first rise to prominence; he would later establish the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state in Spain.
Year 1521
Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
Year 1775
American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 1
Birthdays on 18 April 221
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Gratian
b. 359 – d. 383
Gratian, Roman emperor (b. 359)
K'an II
b. 588 – d. 658
K'an II, Mayan ruler (b. 588)
Al-Wathiq
b. 812 – d. 847
Al-Wathiq, Abbasid caliph (b. 816)
Ippolita Maria Sforza
b. 1446 – d. 1484
Ippolita Maria Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1484)
Henry II of Navarre
b. 1503 – d. 1555
Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
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William Harrison (clergyman)
b. 1534 – d. 1593
William Harrison, English clergyman (d. 1593)
Thomas Middleton
b. 1580 – d. 1627
Thomas Middleton, English Jacobean playwright and poet (d. 1627)
Ahmed I
b. 1590 – d. 1617
Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)
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Giacomo Carissimi
b. 1605 – d. 1674
Giacomo Carissimi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1674)
Jeanne Guyon
b. 1648 – d. 1717
Jeanne Guyon, French mystic and author (b. 1648)
Jean-Féry Rebel
b. 1666 – d. 1747
Jean-Féry Rebel, French violinist and composer (d. 1747)
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet
b. 1740 – d. 1810
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (b. 1740)
Deaths on 18 April 81
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Agallianos Kontoskeles
d. 727
Agallianos Kontoskeles, Byzantine commander and rebel leader
Æthelred I of Northumbria
d. 796
Æthelred I, king of Northumbria
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Perfectus
d. 850
Perfectus, Spanish monk and martyr
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Dionysius II of Antioch
d. 909
Dionysius II, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
Fujiwara no Atsutada
d. 943 (b. 906)
Fujiwara no Atsutada, Japanese nobleman and poet (b. 906)
Stephen Lekapenos
d. 963
Stephen Lekapenos, co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire
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Theobald of Bec
d. 1161 (b. 1090)
Theobald of Bec, French-English archbishop (b. 1090)
Galdino della Sala
d. 1176
Galdino della Sala, Italian archdeacon and saint
John Leland (antiquary)
d. 1552 (b. 1502)
John Leland, English poet and historian (d. 1552)
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Polydore Vergil
d. 1555 (b. 1470)
Polydore Vergil, English historian (b. 1470)
Luigi Alamanni
d. 1556 (b. 1495)
Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and politician (b. 1495)
Wilhelm von Grumbach
d. 1567 (b. 1503)
Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (b. 1503)