Historical Events In November - 18
Wednesday, 18 December 2024
0326 The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated on November - 18.
0794 On this day in history japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
0942 Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.
1105 On November - 18 maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
1170 Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on November - 18.
1210 On this day in history pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head on this day in history.
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 November - 18.
1424 Storm flood ravages Dutch coast on November - 18.
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 French king Charles VIII occupies Florence on November - 18.
1497 On this day in history 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 On November - 18 in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated
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 On November - 18 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 this day in history.
1718 On November - 18 voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on November - 18.
1738 On this day in history france & Austria sign peace
1742 On November - 18 prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant
1742 On November - 18 felix Maximo Lopez, composer
1745 On November - 18 bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
1755 Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on November - 18.
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 November - 18.
1772 Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on November - 18.