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  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  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 November - 18.  

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  Storm flood ravages Dutch coast on this day in history.  

1477  The First English Printing press on November - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

1497  Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope on November - 18.  

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor on November - 18.  

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1626  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1678  On this day in history giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36  

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

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 November - 18 voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris  

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

1738  On November - 18 france & Austria sign peace  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on this day in history.  

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on November - 18.  

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

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

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

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

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

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on this day in history.  

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on November - 18.  

1170  On this day in history 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  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on this day in history.  

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on this day in history.  

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 November - 18.