December 18th, 1701

Born on December 18th, 1701

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What happened on December 18th?

December 18th, 2017

An Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed near DuPont, Washington, killing three people and injuring sixty-five others.

December 18th, 2009

The Copenhagen Summit on climate change ended with the drafting of the non-binding Copenhagen Accord.

December 18th, 1979

Mohammad Mofatteh, an Iranian philosopher, was assassinated by the Furqan Group.

December 18th, 2023

A series of mass protests began in Belgrade, Serbia, alleging electoral irregularities in the Serbian parliament and Belgrade city assembly elections.

December 18th, 1969

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the sixth James Bond film and the only one to star George Lazenby, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.

December 18th, 1966

Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was mistaken for Janus; it took twelve years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing the same orbit.

December 18th, 1963

Ghanaian and other African students organized a protest in Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student Edmund Assare-Addo.

December 18th, 1958

The United States launched SCORE (rocket pictured), the world's first communications satellite.

December 18th, 1939

Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy.

December 18th, 1932

Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium on a modified American football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans in the first playoff game of the National Football League.

December 18th, 1913

The Jew's Christmas, the first American film to include a rabbi as a character, was released.

December 18th, 1898

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (pictured) set the first official land speed record, averaging 63.16 km/h (39.245 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi) in Achères, France.

December 18th, 1867

In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.

December 18th, 1622

Portuguese forces and their Imbangala allies defeated the Kongo army at the Battle of Mbumbi.

December 18th, 1499

Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 18th

Same year
Born in 1701

49

Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond

English patron of cricket (1701-1750)

*May 18th, 1701, Chichester †August 8th, 1750, Godalming

79

Jacques Dumont le Romain

French history and portrait painter (1701-1781)

*May 10th, 1701, Paris †February 17th, 1781, Paris

58

Anna Magdalena Bach

German singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (1701-1760)

*December 22nd, 1701, Zeitz †February 27th, 1760, Leipzig

76

Otto Magnus von Schwerin

Prussian general

*June 21st, 1701, Halberstadt †August 14th, 1777, Ducherow

81

William Emerson

British mathematician

*May 14th, 1701, Hurworth-on-Tees †May 20th, 1782, Hurworth-on-Tees

77

Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo

118th Doge of Venice (1701-1778)

*May 19th, 1701, Venice †December 31st, 1778, Venice

65

Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

(1701-1766)

*April 1st, 1701, Glücksburg †November 10th, 1766, Glücksburg

59

Christian Ludwig Liscow

German poet lawyer and writer (1701-1760)

*April 29th, 1701, Wittenburg †October 30th, 1760, Eilenburg

55

Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld

Catholic cardinal

*July 16th, 1701, Versailles †April 29th, 1757, Paris

75

Johann Jakob Breitinger

Swiss philologist and author (1701-1776)

*March 1st, 1701, Zürich †December 13th, 1776, Zürich

74

Vittoria Tesi

Italian opera singer and music teacher (1701-1775)

*February 13th, 1701, Florence †May 9th, 1775, Vienna

75

Melchior Eberhard

German sculptor

*November 6th, 1701, Bad Hindelang †January 1st, 1777, Bad Hindelang

55

Maurus Xaverius Herbst

Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey Plankstetten

*September 14th, 1701, Pleinfeld †April 4th, 1757, Abenberg

74

Niclas Sahlgren

Swedish businessman

*March 18th, 1701, Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg †March 10th, 1776, Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg

76

Charles Le Beau

French historian

*October 18th, 1701, Paris †March 13th, 1778, Paris

58

Felix Anton Scheffler

German painter (1701-1760)

*August 29th, 1701, Mainburg †January 10th, 1760, Prague

41

François-Joseph Hunauld

French anatomist; (1701-1742)

*February 24th, 1701, Châteaubriant †December 15th, 1742, Paris

53

Christian Ludwig von Loewenstern

German artist, 1701-1754

*August 10th, 1701, Darmstadt †October 15th, 1754, Darmstadt

53

Fortunato da Brescia

(1701-1754)

*January 1st, 1701, Brescia †January 1st, 1754, Madrid

72

Johann Konrad Spörl

German theologian (1701-1773)

*January 3rd, 1701, Nuremberg †May 20th, 1773

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1701 is a normal year and no leap year.

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