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 November - 18.  

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 November - 18 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  Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on November - 18.  

1424  Storm flood ravages Dutch coast on this day in history.  

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

1626  St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated on this day in history.  

1630  On this day in history esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried  

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

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

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

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

1738  On this day in history 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  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on this day in history.  

1755  Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on November - 18.  

1755  On November - 18 worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report  

1771  Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 November - 18.  

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 November - 18.  

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

1727  On this day in history birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)  

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on November - 18.  

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

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

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

1305  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)  

1559  On November - 18 death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)  

1590  On this day in history 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.