Historical Events In November - 18
Sunday, 04 January 2026
0326 On November - 18 the old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. 

0794 Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto on November - 18. 

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

1105 Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I on November - 18. 

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

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 November - 18. 

1421 On this day in history southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands 

1424 Storm flood ravages Dutch coast on this day in history. 

1477 On November - 18 the First English Printing press 

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 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope on this day in history. 

1497 Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope on this day in history. 

1527 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor on November - 18. 

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 St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated on November - 18. 

1630 On this day in history esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried 

1667 On November - 18 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 this day in history. 

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 November - 18. 

1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on November - 18. 

1738 France & Austria sign peace on this day in history. 

1742 On November - 18 prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant 

1742 On November - 18 felix Maximo Lopez, composer 

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 this day in history. 

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

1772 Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on November - 18. 

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