Historical Events In November - 18
Thursday, 27 March 2025
0326 The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated on this day in history.
0794 On November - 18 japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
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 November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV on November - 18.
1307 On November - 18 william Tell shoots apple off his son's head
1421 Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on this day in history.
1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on this day in history.
1424 On this day in history storm flood ravages Dutch coast
1477 On this day in history the First English Printing press
1477 1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" on this day in history.
1494 On this day in history french king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 On November - 18 bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope
1497 Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope on November - 18.
1527 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor on November - 18.
1603 Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1626 In Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated on this day in history.
1626 St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated on November - 18.
1630 Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.
1667 On this day in history treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC
1678 Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on November - 18.
1680 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer
1686 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1736 On November - 18 carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer
1738 France & Austria sign peace on this day in history.
1742 Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on November - 18.
1742 On November - 18 felix Maximo Lopez, composer
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on November - 18.
1755 Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on this day in history.
1755 Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on November - 18.
1771 On November - 18 giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73
1772 Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on November - 18.