Historical Events In November - 18
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
0326 On this day in history the old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
0794 Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto on this day in history.
0942 Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on this day in history.
1105 On this day in history maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
1170 Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on November - 18.
1210 On this day in history 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 On this day in history storm flood ravages Dutch coast
1477 On this day in history the First English Printing press
1477 1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" on this day in history.
1494 On November - 18 french king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 On this day in history bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope
1497 Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope on November - 18.
1527 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor on November - 18.
1603 On this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61
1626 On November - 18 in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated
1626 St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated on November - 18.
1630 Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on November - 18.
1667 On this day in history treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC
1678 On November - 18 giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36
1680 On November - 18 jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer
1686 On this day in history charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.
1718 On this day in history voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
1736 On November - 18 carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer
1738 France & Austria sign peace on this day in history.
1742 On November - 18 prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant
1742 Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on this day in history.
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on this day in history.
1755 On November - 18 worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1755 On this day in history worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1771 Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1772 Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on November - 18.