Historical Events In November - 18
Friday, 21 February 2025
0326 On November - 18 the old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
0794 Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto on November - 18.
0942 On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies
1105 On this day in history maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
1170 Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1210 On November - 18 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 On this day in history storm flood ravages Dutch coast
1477 On this day in history the First English Printing press
1477 1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" on November - 18.
1494 On November - 18 french king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope on November - 18.
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 this day in history.
1626 In Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated on this day in history.
1626 On November - 18 st-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated
1630 On November - 18 esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried
1667 Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC on this day in history.
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 November - 18.
1718 On this day in history voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on November - 18.
1738 On November - 18 france & Austria sign peace
1742 Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on November - 18.
1742 Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on this day in history.
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle on this day in history.
1755 On November - 18 worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1755 On November - 18 worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1771 Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1772 On this day in history louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer