Historical Events In November - 18

0326  On November - 18 the old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.   

0794  Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto on this day in history.   

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

1105  Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I on this day in history.   

1170  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1210  On this day in history pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV   

1307  William Tell shoots apple off his son's head on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1497  On November - 18 vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope   

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

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.   

1626  On November - 18 in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated   

1626  On November - 18 st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated   

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

1667  Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC on this day in history.   

1678  Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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

1686  On November - 18 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 on this day in history.   

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

1738  France & Austria sign peace on this day in history.   

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

1742  On this day in history felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

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

1755  On this day in history 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 this day in history giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73   

1772  On this day in history louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

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1522  On November - 18 birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

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

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

1680  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  On November - 18 birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

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

1742  On November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

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

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

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on this day in history.   

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

1590  On November - 18 death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  On November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1630  On November - 18 death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried