Historical Events In October - 18

1667  On October - 18 english fleet plunders Suriname plantations   

1667  On October - 18 fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia   

1668  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63   

1685  Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism on October - 18.   

1685  French king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes on October - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1748  On October - 18 treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession   

1752  Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village" on October - 18.   

1767  Boundary between Md & Pa, the Mason Dixon line, agreed upon on October - 18.   

1767  Boundary between MD & PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon on October - 18.   

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  Adolfs Muller, writer on this day in history.   

1775  African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery on October - 18.   

1776  In a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" on October - 18.   

1777  On October - 18 heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet (Penthesilea)   

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

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

1789  On October - 18 giovanni Tadolini, composer   

1794  On October - 18 ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer   

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

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

1829  On this day in history charles Sidney Winder, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1830  On October - 18 peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies   

1831  Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia on this day in history.   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 18.   

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

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On October - 18 birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on October - 18.   

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

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on October - 18.   

1101  On October - 18 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  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on October - 18.   

1382  On this day in history death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

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