Historical Events In November - 18
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
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 this day in history 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 On November - 18 southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands
1424 On November - 18 storm flood ravages Dutch coast
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 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 this day in history luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor
1603 On this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61
1626 On this day in history 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 November - 18 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 November - 18.
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 Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on this day in history.
1738 France & Austria sign peace on November - 18.
1742 Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on November - 18.
1742 Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on November - 18.
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 On November - 18 worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1771 On November - 18 giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73
1772 On this day in history louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer