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  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history 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  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  

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1477  On this day in history the First English Printing press  

1477  1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" on November - 18.  

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

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 this day in history luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor  

1603  On this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61  

1626  In Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated on this day in history.  

1626  St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated on November - 18.  

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

1667  On this day in history treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC  

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

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  On this day in history voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris  

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on this day in history.  

1738  France & Austria sign peace on November - 18.  

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

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on this day in history.  

1745  On November - 18 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 this day in history.  

1771  On this day in history giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73  

1772  On November - 18 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  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1630  On November - 18 birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)  

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

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 November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer  

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

0942  On November - 18 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 this day in history.  

1170  On this day in history albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70  

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 this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61  

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.