Historical Events In November - 18
Thursday, 03 April 2025
0326 The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated on this day in history.
0794 On November - 18 japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
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 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands on November - 18.
1424 On November - 18 storm flood ravages Dutch coast
1477 The First English Printing press on November - 18.
1477 On this day in history 1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers"
1494 French king Charles VIII occupies Florence on November - 18.
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 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor on November - 18.
1603 On this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61
1626 In Rome, St Peter's Church is consecrated on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1678 On this day in history giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36
1680 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer
1686 On November - 18 charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.
1718 On this day in history voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer on November - 18.
1738 France & Austria sign peace on November - 18.
1742 Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant on November - 18.
1742 Felix Maximo Lopez, composer on November - 18.
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
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 November - 18 giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73
1772 Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer on this day in history.