Historical Events In November - 18

0326  The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated on November - 18.  

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 November - 18.  

1105  Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I on November - 18.  

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

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  Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on November - 18.  

1421  On November - 18 southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands  

1424  Storm flood ravages Dutch coast on this day in history.  

1477  On November - 18 the First English Printing press  

1477  1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" on this day in history.  

1494  French king Charles VIII occupies Florence on November - 18.  

1497  On November - 18 bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope  

1497  On this day in history vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope  

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  On November - 18 st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated  

1630  On this day in history esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried  

1667  On this day in history treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC  

1678  On this day in history giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36  

1680  On this day in history 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 November - 18.  

1718  Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on this day in history.  

1738  France & Austria sign peace on November - 18.  

1742  Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on November - 18.  

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on November - 18.  

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on November - 18.  

1755  On November - 18 worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report  

1755  On November - 18 worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report  

1771  On November - 18 giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73  

1772  On November - 18 louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer  

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on November - 18.  

1527  On November - 18 birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor  

1630  On November - 18 birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)  

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.  

1727  On this day in history birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)  

1736  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer  

1742  On this day in history birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer  

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on November - 18.  

0942  On November - 18 odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies  

1154  On November - 18 death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)  

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

1305  On November - 18 death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)  

1559  On November - 18 death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)  

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  On November - 18 death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried