Historical Events In November - 18
Sunday, 24 September 2023
0326 On November - 18 the old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
0794 On this day in history japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
0942 Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.
1105 On this day in history maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
1170 On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70
1210 On November - 18 pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
1307 On November - 18 william Tell shoots apple off his son's head
1421 On November - 18 zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands
1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on this day in history.
1424 Storm flood ravages Dutch coast on this day in history.
1477 On this day in history the First English Printing press
1477 On November - 18 1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers"
1494 On this day in history french king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 On November - 18 bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope
1497 On November - 18 vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope
1527 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor on this day in history.
1603 Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.
1626 In Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated on this day in history.
1626 St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated on November - 18.
1630 Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.
1667 Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC on this day in history.
1678 On this day in history giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36
1680 On November - 18 jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer
1686 Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants on this day in history.
1718 Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris on November - 18.
1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on November - 18.
1738 On November - 18 france & Austria sign peace
1742 On this day in history prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant
1742 On November - 18 felix Maximo Lopez, composer
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
1755 Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on this day in history.
1755 Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on this day in history.
1771 Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on November - 18.
1772 On this day in history louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer