Historical Events In November - 18

0326  The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated on November - 18.  

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 November - 18.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

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1477  On this day in history the First English Printing press  

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

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 November - 18.  

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor on this day in history.  

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

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

1626  On this day in history 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 November - 18 giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36  

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 November - 18 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 November - 18.  

1742  On November - 18 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 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  On November - 18 louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer  

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.  

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  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.  

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18.  

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

1742  On this day in history birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer  

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  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on this day in history.  

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 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