Historical Events In November - 18

0326  On this day in history the old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.  

0794  On November - 18 japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto  

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

1105  On this day in history maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I  

1170  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70  

1210  Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV on this day in history.  

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 November - 18.  

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

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1477  The First English Printing press on this day in history.  

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

1494  On this day in history french king Charles VIII occupies Florence  

1497  On November - 18 bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope  

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

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

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.  

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  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  On November - 18 jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer  

1686  Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants on November - 18.  

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

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 November - 18.  

1742  On November - 18 felix Maximo Lopez, composer  

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on November - 18.  

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 November - 18.  

1771  Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on November - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

1527  On November - 18 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 this day in history.  

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

1736  On November - 18 birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer  

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on November - 18.  

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

0942  On November - 18 odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies  

1154  On November - 18 death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)  

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  On November - 18 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 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.