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On This Day: January 18

44 events · 102 deaths · 210 births

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On January 18, history records 44 notable events, 210 famous births and 102 deaths, spanning the years 350 to 1701.

Events on this day include: General Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor. (350); Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. (474).

Notable people born on January 18 include Philip Courtenay (died 1463) (1404), Antonio Trivulzio, seniore (1457), Isabella Jagiellon (1519).

Notable figures who died on this day include Leo I (emperor) (474), Odilo, Duke of Bavaria (748), Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun (896).

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Year 350

General Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.

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Year 474

Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.

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Year 532

Nika riots in Constantinople fail.

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Year 1126

Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.

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Year 1486

King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.

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Year 1535

Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founds Lima, the capital of Peru.

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Year 1562

Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.

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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.

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Year 1670

Henry Morgan captures Panama.

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Year 1701

Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.

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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 (b. 1672)

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)

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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

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Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March

d. 1425 (b. 1391)

Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)

Emperor Go-Hanazono

d. 1471 (b. 1419)

Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)

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