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 November - 18.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history french king Charles VIII occupies Florence  

1497  On November - 18 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 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 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  On this day in history prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant  

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 this day in history.  

1755  Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on this day in history.  

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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 November - 18.