Historical Events In November - 18

0326  The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated on November - 18.   

0794  Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto on this day in history.   

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

1105  On November - 18 maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I   

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

1210  Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV on this day in history.   

1307  On this day in history william Tell shoots apple off his son's head   

1421  On this day in history 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 November - 18.   

1424  On this day in history storm flood ravages Dutch coast   

1477  The First English Printing press on November - 18.   

1477  1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" on November - 18.   

1494  On this day in history french king Charles VIII occupies Florence   

1497  On this day in history bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope   

1497  On this day in history vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope   

1527  On November - 18 luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

1603  On November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1626  On November - 18 in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated   

1626  On November - 18 st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated   

1630  Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.   

1667  Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC on November - 18.   

1678  On November - 18 giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36   

1680  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1686  On November - 18 charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.   

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  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle   

1755  Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on November - 18.   

1755  On this day in history worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report   

1771  Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1772  On November - 18 louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

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1522  On November - 18 birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.   

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  On November - 18 birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

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

1742  On November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on this day in history.   

0942  On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  On this day in history death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)   

1170  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1305  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  On November - 18 death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  On this day in history death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

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

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.