Historical Events In November - 18

0326  The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated on this day in history.   

0794  Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto on this day in history.   

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

1105  On November - 18 maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I   

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

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  On this day in history zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands   

1421  On November - 18 southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands   

1424  Storm flood ravages Dutch coast on November - 18.   

1477  On this day in history the First English Printing press   

1477  On this day in history 1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers"   

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

1497  Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.   

1497  On this day in history vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope   

1527  On November - 18 luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1626  In Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated on November - 18.   

1626  On this day in history st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated   

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

1667  On this day in history treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC   

1678  Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1736  On November - 18 carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

1738  On this day in history france & Austria sign peace   

1742  Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on this day in history.   

1742  On this day in history felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

1745  On November - 18 bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle   

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

1755  On this day in history worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report   

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

1772  On November - 18 louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

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1522  On November - 18 birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  On this day in history birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

1630  On this day in history birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)   

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.   

1727  On this day in history birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

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

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on November - 18.   

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

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  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

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

1590  On this day in history death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

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

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