Historical Events In November - 18

0326  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1170  On this day in history albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1210  On this day in history pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV   

1307  On November - 18 william Tell shoots apple off his son's head   

1421  Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on November - 18.   

1421  Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on November - 18.   

1424  Storm flood ravages Dutch coast on November - 18.   

1477  The First English Printing press on this day in history.   

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

1494  On this day in history french king Charles VIII occupies Florence   

1497  On this day in history bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope   

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  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  St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated on this day in history.   

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

1667  Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC on November - 18.   

1678  On November - 18 giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36   

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

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  Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on this day in history.   

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 November - 18.   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on this day in history.   

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

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  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on this day in history.   

1170  On this day in history albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1305  On November - 18 death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

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 November - 18.   

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

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on November - 18.