Page 2: Historical Events In October - 18

1667  English fleet plunders Suriname plantations on October - 18.   

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

1668  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94) on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On this day in history french king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes   

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  Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67 on October - 18.   

1712  On this day in history jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77)   

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 this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history boundary between Md & Pa, the Mason Dixon line, agreed upon   

1767  Boundary between MD & PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon on October - 18.   

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 October - 18.   

1775  On October - 18 african-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.   

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

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

1785  On this day in history thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall)   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1818  Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 on this day in history.   

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  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on this day in history.   

1239  On this day in history birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)   

1405  On this day in history 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  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on October - 18.   

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On October - 18 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria   

1216  On October - 18 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 October - 18.   

1417  On October - 18 gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies