Historical Events In October - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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