Historical Events In October - 18

1667  On this day in history english fleet plunders Suriname plantations   

1667  Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.   

1668  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94) on October - 18.   

1669  Abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazil), dies on this day in history.   

1672  Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz on this day in history.   

1676  Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian govt, killed at 29 on this day in history.   

1678  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1685  On this day in history louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism   

1685  French king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes on this day in history.   

1697  Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal) on this day in history.   

1706  On this day in history baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa)   

1708  Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67 on October - 18.   

1712  Jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77) on October - 18.   

1748  Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession on this day in history.   

1752  Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village" on October - 18.   

1767  Boundary between Md & Pa, the Mason Dixon line, agreed upon on October - 18.   

1767  On this day in history boundary between MD & PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon   

1767  Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1771  Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1774  Adolfs Muller, writer on October - 18.   

1775  On October - 18 african-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.   

1776  In a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" on October - 18.   

1777  Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet (Penthesilea) on this day in history.   

1785  Thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall) on this day in history.   

1788  On October - 18 jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56   

1789  On October - 18 giovanni Tadolini, composer   

1794  Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer on this day in history.   

1804  On October - 18 rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thailand (1851-68)   

1806  John Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl (Confederate Army), died in 1861 on October - 18.   

1811  Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

1818  Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 on October - 18.   

1829  Charles Sidney Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on October - 18.   

1830  On October - 18 peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies   

1831  On October - 18 frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on October - 18.   

1405  On this day in history birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on October - 18.   

1547  On October - 18 birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  On this day in history birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  On October - 18 birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  On this day in history birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

0707  On this day in history john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  On this day in history death of sancho III of Navarre   

1101  On October - 18 death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on this day in history.   

1216  On this day in history john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on October - 18.   

1382  On this day in history death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on October - 18.