Page 2: Historical Events In October - 18

1667  On this day in history english fleet plunders Suriname plantations   

1667  Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia on October - 18.   

1668  On this day in history johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94)   

1669  Abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazil), dies on October - 18.   

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

1676  Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian govt, killed at 29 on October - 18.   

1678  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63 on October - 18.   

1685  Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism on this day in history.   

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 October - 18.   

1706  Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) on October - 18.   

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  On this day in history treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession   

1752  Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village" on October - 18.   

1767  On this day in history 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 October - 18.   

1771  On this day in history robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62   

1774  Adolfs Muller, writer on October - 18.   

1775  On this day in history african-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.   

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

1777  On October - 18 heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet (Penthesilea)   

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

1788  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history giovanni Tadolini, composer   

1794  Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer on this day in history.   

1804  On October - 18 rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thailand (1851-68)   

1806  On October - 18 john Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl (Confederate Army), died in 1861   

1811  Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on October - 18.   

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

1829  Charles Sidney Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on October - 18.   

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

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

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1127  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

1239  On October - 18 birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)   

1405  On October - 18 birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on October - 18.   

1547  On this day in history birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

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  On this day in history john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  On this day in history death of sancho III of Navarre   

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

1141  On October - 18 death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria   

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.