Events on 18 January 44
See all →Year 474
Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
Year 1126
Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
Year 1591
King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Mingyi Swa of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.
Birthdays on 18 January 210
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Philip Courtenay (died 1463)
b. 1404 – d. 1463
Sir Philip Courtenay, British noble (d. 1463)
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Antonio Trivulzio, seniore
b. 1457 – d. 1508
Antonio Trivulzio, seniore, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1508)
Isabella Jagiellon
b. 1519 – d. 1559
Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (d. 1519)
Catherine, Duchess of Braganza
b. 1540 – d. 1614
Catherine, Duchess of Braganza (d. 1614)
François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois
b. 1641 – d. 1691
François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1641)
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Damaris Cudworth Masham
b. 1659 – d. 1708
Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher and theologian (d. 1708)
Antoine Houdar de la Motte
b. 1672 – d. 1731
Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (d. 1731)
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
b. 1688 – d. 1765
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)
Montesquieu
b. 1689 – d. 1755
Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (b. 1689)
Johann Jakob Moser
b. 1701 – d. 1785
Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist (d. 1785)
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
b. 1743 – d. 1803
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher (d. 1803)
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Ferdinand Kauer
b. 1751 – d. 1831
Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1831)
Deaths on 18 January 102
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Leo I (emperor)
d. 474 (b. 401)
Leo I, Byzantine emperor (b. 401)
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Odilo, Duke of Bavaria
d. 748
Odilo, duke of Bavaria
Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun
d. 896 (b. 864)
Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunids, murdered (b. 864)
Tamar of Georgia
d. 1213 (b. 1160)
Tamar of Georgia (b. 1160)
Henry I of Cyprus
d. 1253 (b. 1217)
King Henry I of Cyprus (b. 1217)
Margaret of Hungary (saint)
d. 1271 (b. 1242)
Saint Margaret of Hungary (b. 1242)
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter
d. 1326 (b. 1247)
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron (b. 1247)
Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile
d. 1357 (b. 1313)
Maria of Portugal, Portuguese infanta (d. 1357)
Peter I of Portugal
d. 1367 (b. 1320)
Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
Jobst of Moravia
d. 1411
Jobst of Moravia, ruler of Moravia, King of the Romans
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March
d. 1425 (b. 1391)
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
Emperor Go-Hanazono
d. 1471 (b. 1419)
Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)