Historical Events In November - 18

0326  On November - 18 the old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.   

0794  On November - 18 japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto   

0942  On November - 18 odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1105  On this day in history maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I   

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on November - 18.   

1210  Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV on this day in history.   

1307  On this day in history 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  Storm flood ravages Dutch coast on this day in history.   

1477  The First English Printing press on November - 18.   

1477  1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" on November - 18.   

1494  French king Charles VIII occupies Florence on this day in history.   

1497  Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope on November - 18.   

1497  On November - 18 vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor on this day in history.   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.   

1626  On this day in history in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated   

1626  On November - 18 st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated   

1630  On November - 18 esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried   

1667  On November - 18 treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC   

1678  Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on November - 18.   

1680  On November - 18 jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1686  On this day in history charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.   

1718  On November - 18 voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris   

1736  On this day in history carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

1738  On this day in history france & Austria sign peace   

1742  On November - 18 prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on this day in history.   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on November - 18.   

1755  Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on this day in history.   

1755  Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on November - 18.   

1771  On this day in history giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73   

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on November - 18.   

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1522  On this day in history birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on November - 18.   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1680  On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18.   

1736  On November - 18 birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

1742  On this day in history birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on this day in history.   

0942  On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on November - 18.   

1170  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on November - 18.   

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on November - 18.   

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1630  On this day in history death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried