Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Nov 18, 326 |
Old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. Stood 4th - 16th century. Replaced by current St Peter's Basilica in Rome. |
Nov 18, 794 |
Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto |
Nov 18, 1105 |
Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I |
Nov 18, 1210 |
Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV |
Nov 18, 1307 |
William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son's head |
Nov 18, 1421 |
Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands |
Nov 18, 1424 |
Storm flood ravages Dutch coast |
Nov 18, 1477 |
First English dated printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" by William Caxton |
Nov 18, 1494 |
French King Charles VIII occupies Florence |
Nov 18, 1497 |
Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reaches the Cape of Good Hope |
Nov 18, 1626 |
St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. Replaced an earlier basilica. Largest Christian basilica |
Nov 18, 1667 |
Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC |
Nov 18, 1686 |
Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practising the surgery on several peasants. |
Nov 18, 1718 |
Voltaire's "Oedipe" premieres in Paris |
Nov 18, 1738 |
France & Austria sign peace |
Nov 18, 1742 |
Prussia & Brtain sign anti-French military covenant |
Nov 18, 1745 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Carlisle |
Nov 18, 1755 |
Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report |
Nov 18, 1776 |
Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ |
Nov 18, 1787 |
First Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston |
Nov 18, 1803 |
Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French |
Nov 18, 1804 |
Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape |
Nov 18, 1805 |
30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America |
Nov 18, 1820 |
Antarctica sighted by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer |
Nov 18, 1833 |
Netherlands & Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven |
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