Page 2: Historical Events In October - 18

1667  On this day in history english fleet plunders Suriname plantations   

1667  On this day in history fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia   

1668  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94) on this day in history.   

1669  Abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazil), dies on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history poland & Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz   

1676  On this day in history nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian govt, killed at 29   

1678  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63 on October - 18.   

1685  On this day in history louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism   

1685  On this day in history french king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes   

1697  On October - 18 giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal)   

1706  Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) on this day in history.   

1708  On this day in history henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67   

1712  On October - 18 jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77)   

1748  Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village"   

1767  Boundary between Md & Pa, the Mason Dixon line, agreed upon on this day in history.   

1767  On October - 18 boundary between MD & PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon   

1767  Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45 on October - 18.   

1771  On October - 18 robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62   

1774  Adolfs Muller, writer on October - 18.   

1775  African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery on this day in history.   

1776  In a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" on October - 18.   

1777  On this day in history heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet (Penthesilea)   

1785  On October - 18 thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall)   

1788  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56 on October - 18.   

1789  On this day in history giovanni Tadolini, composer   

1794  Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thailand (1851-68)   

1806  On October - 18 john Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl (Confederate Army), died in 1861   

1811  Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on October - 18.   

1818  On this day in history edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

1829  On this day in history charles Sidney Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1830  Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies on October - 18.   

1831  On October - 18 frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on this day in history.   

1405  On this day in history birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  On October - 18 birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  On this day in history birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on October - 18.   

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on October - 18.   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on October - 18.   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on October - 18.   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on this day in history.   

1216  On October - 18 john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on October - 18.   

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on this day in history.   

1417  On October - 18 gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies