Historical Events In November - 18
Friday, 19 September 2025
0326 The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated on this day in history.
0794 On this day in history japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
0942 On November - 18 odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies
1105 Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I on this day in history.
1170 Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on November - 18.
1210 On November - 18 pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head on November - 18.
1421 On November - 18 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 November - 18 bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope
1497 On November - 18 vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope
1527 On November - 18 luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor
1603 Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.
1626 On November - 18 in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated
1626 On November - 18 st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated
1630 On this day in history esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried
1667 Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC on November - 18.
1678 Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on November - 18.
1680 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer
1686 Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants on November - 18.
1718 Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on this day in history.
1738 On November - 18 france & Austria sign peace
1742 Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on November - 18.
1742 On November - 18 felix Maximo Lopez, composer
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
1755 On this day in history worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
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 November - 18.
1772 On November - 18 louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer