Historical Events In November - 18
Saturday, 24 May 2025
0326 On November - 18 the old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
0794 On November - 18 japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
0942 On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies
1105 On November - 18 maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
1170 On this day in history 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 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 November - 18 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 Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope on November - 18.
1527 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor on November - 18.
1603 On November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61
1626 On this day in history in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated
1626 St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated on November - 18.
1630 Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.
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 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer on November - 18.
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 November - 18.
1742 Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on November - 18.
1742 On November - 18 felix Maximo Lopez, composer
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
1755 Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on November - 18.
1755 Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on November - 18.
1771 Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on November - 18.
1772 On this day in history louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer