Historical Events In November - 18

0326  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV  

1307  On November - 18 william Tell shoots apple off his son's head  

1421  On November - 18 zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands  

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

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 this day in history french king Charles VIII occupies Florence  

1497  Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.  

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

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

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 November - 18 st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated  

1630  On November - 18 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 this day in history.  

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

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  On November - 18 carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer  

1738  On this day in history france & Austria sign peace  

1742  Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on this day in history.  

1742  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)  

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

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.  

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  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.  

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on this day in history.  

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

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on November - 18.  

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 November - 18.  

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