Historical Events In November - 18

0326  The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated on this day in history.  

0794  On November - 18 japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto  

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

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

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on November - 18.  

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 this day in history 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  The First English Printing press on this day in history.  

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

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

1497  Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope on November - 18.  

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

1527  On this day in history luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor  

1603  On November - 18 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 this day in history.  

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

1667  Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC on November - 18.  

1678  Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on November - 18.  

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 November - 18.  

1736  On November - 18 carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer  

1738  France & Austria sign peace on November - 18.  

1742  On this day in history prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant  

1742  On this day in history felix Maximo Lopez, composer  

1745  On November - 18 bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle  

1755  On this day in history worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report  

1755  Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on November - 18.  

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

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

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.  

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  On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer  

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

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

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

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

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 November - 18.  

1170  On November - 18 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  On November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61  

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