Historical Events In November - 18

0326  The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated   

0794  Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto.   

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1105  Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I   

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1210  Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV   

1307  William Tell shoots apple off his son's head   

1421  Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10000 in Netherlands.   

1421  Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10000 in Netherlands   

1424  Storm flood ravages Dutch coast.   

1477  The inaugural English Printing press   

1477  1st English printed book "Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers".   

1494  French king Charles VIII occupies Florence   

1497  Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope.   

1497  Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61.   

1626  In Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated   

1626  St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated   

1630  Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried   

1667  Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar and VOC.   

1678  Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36.   

1680  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   

1718  Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

1738  France and Austria sign peace   

1742  Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle.   

1755  Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report.   

1755  Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report   

1771  Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73   

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

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1522  On this day in history birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on November - 18.   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on this day in history.   

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18.   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on November - 18.   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on November - 18.   

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on this day in history.   

0942  On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on this day in history.   

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on November - 18.   

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on November - 18.