Page 2: Historical Events In October - 18

1667  On this day in history english fleet plunders Suriname plantations   

1667  Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia on October - 18.   

1668  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94) on October - 18.   

1669  On this day in history abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazil), dies   

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

1676  Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian govt, killed at 29 on this day in history.   

1678  On October - 18 cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63   

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

1685  French king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes on this day in history.   

1697  Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal) on October - 18.   

1706  Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) on October - 18.   

1708  Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1712  Jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77) on October - 18.   

1748  Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession on October - 18.   

1752  Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village" on this day in history.   

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

1767  Boundary between MD & PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon on this day in history.   

1767  Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1771  On this day in history robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62   

1774  On this day in history adolfs Muller, writer   

1775  On October - 18 african-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.   

1776  On October - 18 in a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail"   

1777  Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet (Penthesilea) on this day in history.   

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

1788  On October - 18 jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56   

1789  Giovanni Tadolini, composer on this day in history.   

1794  Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer on October - 18.   

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

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

1811  On this day in history hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874   

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

1829  On October - 18 charles Sidney Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1830  On this day in history peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies   

1831  Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia on October - 18.   

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1127  On October - 18 birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

1239  On October - 18 birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)   

1405  On October - 18 birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  On October - 18 birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

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

1569  On this day in history birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on this day in history.   

0707  On October - 18 john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  On this day in history death of sancho III of Navarre   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1141  On October - 18 death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria   

1216  On this day in history john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  On October - 18 henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on October - 18.   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on October - 18.