Historical Events In November - 18
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
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 this day in history.
1105 Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I on November - 18.
1170 On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV on this day in history.
1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head on November - 18.
1421 Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on this day in history.
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 The First English Printing press on November - 18.
1477 On this day in history 1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers"
1494 On November - 18 french king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 On this day in history 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 Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1626 On November - 18 in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated
1626 On this day in history st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated
1630 On this day in history esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried
1667 Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC on this day in history.
1678 Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on November - 18.
1680 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer on November - 18.
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 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on November - 18.
1738 France & Austria sign peace on November - 18.
1742 On November - 18 prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant
1742 On November - 18 felix Maximo Lopez, composer
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on this day in history.
1755 Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on this day in history.
1755 On this day in history worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1771 On this day in history giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73
1772 On this day in history louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer