Historical Events In November - 18

0326  On November - 18 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1421  On this day in history 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 November - 18 the First English Printing press   

1477  1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" on this day in history.   

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

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

1497  Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated   

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

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 this day in history.   

1686  Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants on this day in history.   

1718  Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris on November - 18.   

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

1738  On November - 18 france & Austria sign peace   

1742  Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on November - 18.   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on November - 18.   

1745  On November - 18 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  Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on November - 18.   

1772  On this day in history louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

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1522  On this day in history birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  On November - 18 birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

1630  On November - 18 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 this day in history birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

0942  On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  On this day in history death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)   

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

1305  On November - 18 death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  On this day in history death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

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

1603  On November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

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