Historical Events In November - 18
Saturday, 22 February 2025
0326 On this day in history the old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
0794 On November - 18 japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
0942 Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on this day in history.
1105 Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I on November - 18.
1170 Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on November - 18.
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV on this day in history.
1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head on November - 18.
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 November - 18 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 this day in history.
1494 On this day in history french king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1626 On November - 18 in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated
1626 On this day in history st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated
1630 On November - 18 esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried
1667 On this day in history treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC
1678 On this day in history giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36
1680 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer on November - 18.
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 On November - 18 voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
1736 On November - 18 carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer
1738 On November - 18 france & Austria sign peace
1742 Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on November - 18.
1742 Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on November - 18.
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on this day in history.
1755 On November - 18 worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1755 Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on November - 18.
1771 Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1772 On November - 18 louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer