Page 2: Historical Events In October - 18

1667  On this day in history english fleet plunders Suriname plantations   

1667  Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.   

1668  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94) on October - 18.   

1669  Abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazil), dies on this day in history.   

1672  On October - 18 poland & Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz   

1676  Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian govt, killed at 29 on this day in history.   

1678  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1685  On October - 18 louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism   

1685  French king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes on October - 18.   

1697  On this day in history giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal)   

1706  On October - 18 baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa)   

1708  On this day in history henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67   

1712  On October - 18 jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77)   

1748  On October - 18 treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession   

1752  Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village" on this day in history.   

1767  Boundary between Md & Pa, the Mason Dixon line, agreed upon on this day in history.   

1767  Boundary between MD & PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon on this day in history.   

1767  Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45 on October - 18.   

1771  On October - 18 robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62   

1774  Adolfs Muller, writer on this day in history.   

1775  African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history in a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail"   

1777  Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet (Penthesilea) on this day in history.   

1785  Thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall) on this day in history.   

1788  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56 on October - 18.   

1789  On October - 18 giovanni Tadolini, composer   

1794  Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer on October - 18.   

1804  On this day in history rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thailand (1851-68)   

1806  John Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl (Confederate Army), died in 1861 on this day in history.   

1811  Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

1818  Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 on October - 18.   

1829  Charles Sidney Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1830  On October - 18 peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies   

1831  On October - 18 frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on this day in history.   

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on this day in history.   

1517  On October - 18 birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  On this day in history birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on October - 18.   

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on October - 18.   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on October - 18.   

1101  On October - 18 death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on October - 18.   

1216  On this day in history john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  On October - 18 henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on this day in history.   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on October - 18.