Historical Events In November - 18
Monday, 20 January 2025
0326 On November - 18 the old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
0794 Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto on this day in history.
0942 Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on this day in history.
1105 Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I on November - 18.
1170 Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV on November - 18.
1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head on this day in history.
1421 Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on November - 18.
1421 On November - 18 southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands
1424 On this day in history storm flood ravages Dutch coast
1477 On November - 18 the First English Printing press
1477 On November - 18 1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers"
1494 On this day in history french king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.
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 November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61
1626 On this day in history in Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated
1626 On November - 18 st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated
1630 Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on November - 18.
1667 On this day in history 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 November - 18.
1718 Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1736 On November - 18 carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer
1738 France & Austria sign peace on November - 18.
1742 Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on November - 18.
1742 On November - 18 felix Maximo Lopez, composer
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
1755 On November - 18 worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1755 On this day in history worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1771 On November - 18 giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73
1772 Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on this day in history.