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On November 18, 326: The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.

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Featured moment · 326

The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.

Old St. Peter's Basilica consisted of the church buildings that stood, from the 4th to 16th centuries, where St. Peter's Basilica stands today in Vatican City.

People

Born on November 18

Luka Romero 2004– Argentine footballer (born 2004)
Patrick Baldwin Jr. 2002– American basketball player (born 2002)
Caleb Williams 2001– American football player (born 2001)
Jacob Bryson 1997– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Shea Langeliers 1997– American baseball player (born 1997)
Robert Sánchez 1997– Spanish footballer (born 1997)
Akram Afif 1996– Qatari footballer (born 1996)
Christian Kirk 1996– American football player (born 1996)
Akiyuki Hashimoto 1994– Japanese sprinter (born 1994)
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Danka Kovinić 1994– Montenegrin tennis player (born 1994)
Bernhard Luxbacher 1994– Austrian footballer (born 1994)
Nathan Kress 1992– American actor (born 1992)
Henry Martín 1992– Mexican footballer (born 1992)
Quincy Miller 1992– American basketball player
Steven Skrzybski 1992– German footballer
Joe Thuney 1992– American football player (born 1992)
Ahmed Kelly 1991– Australian Paralympic swimmer
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 1991– Thai tennis player

People

Died on November 18

Charles Dumont French singer and composer (1929–2024)
Arthur Frommer American travel writer (1929–2024)
Bob Love American basketball player (1942–2024)
Colin Petersen Australian musician (1946–2024)
Tabassum Indian film actress (1944–2022)
Kirby Morrow Canadian actor (1973–2020)
Malcolm Young Australian guitarist (1953–2017)
Sharon Jones American soul and funk singer (1956–2016)
Denton Cooley American heart and cardiothoracic surgeon (1920–2016)
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Abdelhamid Abaaoud Belgian-born terrorist (1987–2015)
Dan Halldorson Canadian professional golfer
Jonah Lomu New Zealand rugby union player (1975–2015)
Dave Appell American musician (1922-2014)
Pepe Eliaschev Journalist and writer
Ahmad Lozi Prime minister of Jordan
C. Rudhraiya Indian film director (1947–2014)
Thomas Howard American football player (1983–2013)
S. R. D. Vaidyanathan Musical artist

Timeline

Every November 18 on record

  1. 326 The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.

    Former church in Rome

    Old St. Peter's Basilica consisted of the church buildings that stood, from the 4th to 16th centuries, where St. Peter's Basilica stands today in Vatican City.

  2. 401 The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.

    Germanic people of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages

    The Visigoths were a Gothic people who emerged in the Balkans during late antiquity. Likely descended from the Thervingi who entered the Roman Empire in 376 and defeated the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople (378), they were first united under Alaric I (395–410), whose forces alternately fought and allied with Rome before famously sacking the city in 410.

  3. 1095 The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.

    1095 Catholic Church synod starting the First Crusade

    The Council of Clermont was a mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen of the Catholic Church, called by Pope Urban II and held from 17 to 27 November 1095 at Clermont, Auvergne, at the time part of the Duchy of Aquitaine.

  4. 1105 Maginulfo is elected Antipope Sylvester IV in opposition to Pope Paschal II.

    Person who claims to be the legitimate pope

    An antipope is a person who claims to be Bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church in opposition to the officially elected pope. Between the 3rd and mid-15th centuries, antipopes were supported by factions within the Church itself and secular rulers. While modern claimants to the papacy still take place, they are rarely given serious consideration by either the public or the Church.

  5. 1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV for invading the Kingdom of Sicily after promising to recognize papal control over it.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216

    Pope Innocent III was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 until his death in 1216.

  6. 1302 Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy.
  7. 1421 St Elizabeth's flood: A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, killing about 10,000 people.
  8. 1493 Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
  9. 1601 Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria who were besieging Nagykanizsa.
  10. 1626 The new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is consecrated.
  11. 1730 The future Frederick the Great of Prussia is granted a pardon by his father and is released from confinement.
  12. 1760 The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.
  13. 1803 The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
  14. 1809 Napoleonic Wars: In a naval action, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.
  15. 1812 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave".
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  1. 1863 King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
  2. 1867 An earthquake strikes the Virgin Islands, triggering the largest tsunami witnessed in the Caribbean and killing dozens.
  3. 1872 Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
  4. 1883 In the "day of two noons", American and Canadian railroad companies institute four standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
  5. 1889 Elisha P. Ferry is inaugurated as first governor of Washington.
  6. 1901 Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
  7. 1903 The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
  8. 1905 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
  9. 1909 Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
  10. 1910 In their campaign for women's voting rights, hundreds of suffragettes march to the British Parliament in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed Black Friday.
  11. 1916 World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
  12. 1918 Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
  13. 1928 Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon.
  14. 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
  15. 1940 World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.

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