Page 2: Historical Events In October - 18

1667  English fleet plunders Suriname plantations on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia   

1668  On October - 18 johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94)   

1669  On October - 18 abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazil), dies   

1672  Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian govt, killed at 29   

1678  On this day in history cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63   

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

1685  French king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes on this day in history.   

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

1706  Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) on this day in history.   

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

1712  Jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77) on this day in history.   

1748  Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession on this day in history.   

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

1767  On October - 18 boundary between Md & Pa, the Mason Dixon line, agreed upon   

1767  On this day in history boundary between MD & PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon   

1767  Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1774  On October - 18 adolfs Muller, writer   

1775  African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery on October - 18.   

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

1777  Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet (Penthesilea) on October - 18.   

1785  On October - 18 thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall)   

1788  On this day in history jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56   

1789  Giovanni Tadolini, composer on this day in history.   

1794  On this day in history ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer   

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

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

1811  On October - 18 hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874   

1818  On this day in history edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

1829  On this day in history charles Sidney Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1830  Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies on this day in history.   

1831  Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia on October - 18.   

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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 October - 18.   

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  On this day in history birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  On October - 18 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  On October - 18 death of sancho III of Navarre   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on October - 18.   

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  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on October - 18.   

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on October - 18.   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on this day in history.