Page 2: Historical Events In October - 18

1667  On October - 18 english fleet plunders Suriname plantations   

1667  Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.   

1668  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94) on October - 18.   

1669  On this day in history abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazil), dies   

1672  On this day in history poland & Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz   

1676  On October - 18 nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian govt, killed at 29   

1678  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63 on October - 18.   

1685  On this day in history louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism   

1685  French king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes on this day in history.   

1697  Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal) on this day in history.   

1706  On October - 18 baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa)   

1708  On this day in history henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67   

1712  Jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77) on this day in history.   

1748  Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession on this day in history.   

1752  On October - 18 premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village"   

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  On this day in history joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45   

1771  Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62 on October - 18.   

1774  Adolfs Muller, writer on October - 18.   

1775  On this day in history african-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.   

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

1777  Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet (Penthesilea) on this day in history.   

1785  Thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall) on this day in history.   

1788  Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1789  Giovanni Tadolini, composer on this day in history.   

1794  Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer on October - 18.   

1804  On October - 18 rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thailand (1851-68)   

1806  John Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl (Confederate Army), died in 1861 on October - 18.   

1811  On this day in history hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874   

1818  Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 on this day in history.   

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

1830  Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies on October - 18.   

1831  Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia on October - 18.   

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

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on October - 18.   

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on October - 18.   

1517  On this day in history birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on October - 18.   

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

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on October - 18.   

1611  On October - 18 birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

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

1035  On October - 18 death of sancho III of Navarre   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on October - 18.   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on this day in history.   

1216  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on October - 18.   

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.