Page 2: Historical Events In October - 18

1667  On October - 18 english fleet plunders Suriname plantations   

1667  On this day in history fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia   

1668  On October - 18 johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94)   

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

1672  On October - 18 poland & Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz   

1676  On October - 18 nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian govt, killed at 29   

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

1685  Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism on this day in history.   

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

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 October - 18.   

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  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  On October - 18 joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45   

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

1774  Adolfs Muller, writer on this day in history.   

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

1776  On this day in history 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  Thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall) on October - 18.   

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

1789  On this day in history giovanni Tadolini, composer   

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

1804  Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thailand (1851-68) on October - 18.   

1806  John Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl (Confederate Army), died in 1861 on October - 18.   

1811  On October - 18 hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874   

1818  Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 on this day in history.   

1829  Charles Sidney Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1035  On October - 18 death of sancho III of Navarre   

1101  On this day in history death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

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

1216  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on this day in history.   

1340  On this day in history henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

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

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