Historical Events In November - 18
Friday, 04 July 2025
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 November - 18 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 November - 18.
1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head on this day in history.
1421 Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on November - 18.
1421 On this day in history southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands
1424 On November - 18 storm flood ravages Dutch coast
1477 On November - 18 the First English Printing press
1477 On November - 18 1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers"
1494 On this day in history french king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 On this day in history bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope
1497 On November - 18 vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope
1527 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor on November - 18.
1603 Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.
1626 On this day in history in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated
1626 St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated on November - 18.
1630 Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.
1667 Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC on this day in history.
1678 On November - 18 giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36
1680 On November - 18 jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer
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 November - 18 voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
1736 On this day in history carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer
1738 France & Austria sign peace on November - 18.
1742 On this day in history prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant
1742 Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on November - 18.
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on November - 18.
1755 Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on November - 18.
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.