November 18 in History

Excommunicates Otto IV

Excommunicated by Pope Innocent III

Created 1st Duke of Exeter

Captures Melun

Catherine Howard is placed under house arrest at Syon House for adultery

Pope Urban VIII consecrates St Peters Cathedral in Rome

Pope Urban VIII consecrates St Peters Cathedral in Rome

Occupied by England to support the Hugenots. Commands the recapture the island of Rhe near La Rochelle

Organizes the monastery's defense against Swedish siege forces

Commands Swedish forces besieging Jasna Gora

The monastery fortress at Jasna Gora resists the Swedish siege

Swedish forces begin the siege of Jasna Gora

Leads the defense of Jasna Gora against Swedish forces

Emperor Joseph I grants Marlborough the territorial principality of Mindelheim.

Supports treaty arrangements with Stanislaw's Polish faction.

Billaud-Varenne presented proposals for strengthening revolutionary government and central authority.

Sights Antarctic land near the peninsula from the sloop Hero, becoming one of the first Americans to report the continent

Presides as the National Congress confirms Belgium's independence.

Promulgates legislation encouraging settlement and agricultural development in southern Chile.

Buried at St Pauls Cathedral

The November Constitution establishes a shared law of succession and a common Parliament for both Schleswig and Denmark

The November Constitution establishes a shared law of succession and a common Parliament for both Schleswig and Denmark

Christian IX signs the November Constitution

Conflict arose due to the passing of the November Constitution, which integrated the Duchy of Schleswig into the Danish kingdom in violation of the London Protocol

The November Constitution establishes a shared law of succession and a common Parliament for both Schleswig and Denmark

The November Constitution establishes a shared law of succession and a common Parliament for both Schleswig and Denmark

Succeeds as King of Norway. Accepts the offer of the crown after the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union

Police have to use force & 115 demonstrators are arrested. A deputation of 300 women march on the Commons

Leads suffrage campaigners during the Black Friday confrontation.

Participates in the suffrage demonstration outside Parliament.

Police have to use force & 115 demonstrators are arrested. A deputation of 300 women march on the Commons

Joins militant campaigners confronting police during Black Friday.

Continues pressure for parliamentary action on women's voting rights.

Attends the launch of the HMS Centurion

The Bulgarian forces are driven back from Constantinople

Churchill answers criticism concerning oilskins and equipment supplied to Royal Naval Division personnel.

Answers Commons questions concerning equipment and oilskins for men of the Royal Naval Division.

Churchill reports that roughly one thousand Royal Naval Division personnel remain listed as missing after Antwerp.

Provides the House of Commons with figures for Royal Navy killed, wounded and missing since the war began.

Arrives at Boulogne-sur-Mer to take up duties

Taken to General HQ at St Omer

Crosses the Channel to join his pre-1914 regiment of the Oxfordshire Hussars

Explains Mercury's anomalous perihelion advance using the emerging general theory of relativity.

Haig ends major Somme operations after months of attritional fighting and limited territorial gains.

Renews operations toward Jerusalem after the Gaza-Beersheba victories.

Resumes operations against Jerusalem

Relinqueshes Supreme Command

Kolchak takes supreme power after a coup removes the Ufa Directory's authority in Siberia.

Resigns as the Military Governor of Poland

Kolchak accepts the title Supreme Ruler and assumes leadership of the principal eastern White government.

Orders the NSDAP banned throughout Prussia under republic-protection measures because of its anti-republican agitation and violent political activity.

Challenges issues surrounding the disallowance of unemployment benefit.

Presses the government over measures for relieving unemployment.

Germany recognizes Francos Nationalist regime, the Junta at Burgos

Italy recognizes Francos Nationalist regime

Italy recognizes Francos regime. Germany recognizes Francos regime

Italy & Britain make a "gentlemans agreement" to keep the Mediterranean staus quo

Italy & Britain make a "gentlemans agreement" not to upset the status quo in the Med

Appointed acting President of Ecuador

Airborne radar is successfully used by the Royal Air Force.

Operation Crusader, to relieve, Tobruk is launched

The Third Hermann Jonasson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Begins the Fourth Hermann Jonasson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Launches Operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk and push Axis forces back from the approaches to Egypt and Suez.

1st day of the "battle of Berlin", 700 tons dropped by the RAF

1st day of the "battle of Berlin", 700 tons dropped by the RAF

1st day of the "battle of Berlin", 700 tons dropped by the RAF

Proposes a late January or early February meeting while continuing to prefer a Mediterranean location.

1st day of National strikes throughout the Winter of 1947-48

At the Council of Europe proposes the Pleven Plan for European Defence Community

Declines the offer to become president of Israel, citing lack of aptitude and experience for official duties.

Dulles and Bissell brief President-elect Kennedy on the developing Cuban invasion plan.

Kennedy receives his first detailed briefing on the planned Cuban exile operation.

Bissell joins Dulles in briefing President-elect Kennedy on the invasion concept.

Dulles leads the first detailed briefing of Kennedy on the Cuban project.

Captain R. V. Jatar serves with 13 Kumaon during the defence of Rezang La in the Ladakh sector.

The FBI learned that Oswald had recently communicated with the Soviet Embassy in Washington and routed the information through normal Bureau channels.

The Kinks release Dead End Street.

The pound is devalued by 14 percent from $2.80 to $2.40

The pound sterling is devalued by 14 percent from $2.80 to $2.40

The official exchange rate is reduced from 2.80 dollars to 2.40 dollars for one pound sterling.

The pound is devalued from $2.80 to $2.40

The Government devalues sterling after continuing pressure on reserves and a serious balance of payments crisis.

Callaghan announces devaluation of sterling from 2.80 to 2.40 United States dollars.

Conducts lunar photography and observations while preparing for the Apollo 12 landing.

Contributes keyboards and composition to the ambitious double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

Leads the concept and story for The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

Adds guitar textures to The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and its demanding stage presentation.

Plays bass and guitar on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway during the Gabriel-era peak.

Offers to cancel Cruise & Pershing in Europe if Russia removs missiles on Europe

Mather leads COBE science as NASA launches the satellite to measure Big Bang relic radiation

Smoot leads the differential microwave radiometer team on the launched COBE mission

At the initiative of students from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the students in Prague began a strike, the strike is joined by university students throughout Czechoslovakia

The State of Emergency is lifted

Answers parliamentary questions concerning British Waterways.

Commands Yugoslav forces when Vukovar falls after a prolonged siege.

Leads Croatia as its defenders lose Vukovar.

Wiwa Korowi becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea

Arafats police fire on Islamic extremists prompting clashes in Gaza City, 14 dead

Arafats police fire on Islamic extremists prompting clashes in Gaza City, 14 dead

Elected President of Zambia

Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones marry at the New York Plaza Hotel

Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones marry at the New York Plaza Hotel

Elected President of Bulgaria

Arrives in Baghdad with Mohamed ElBaradei and an advance team.

Releases Escapology, including Feel and Come Undone.

Signs the association agreement linking Chile with the European Community and its member states.

Preparations begin for the return of weapons inspectors.

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey

Arrives in Britain for a state visit

Releases Swings Both Ways, returning to swing material with new songs and standards.

Inaugurated as President of Sri Lanka.

Dies in a hunting accident after becoming a critic of the Treaty of Vasvar.

Death of Chester Alan Arthur

Ballivian leads Bolivia to victory over invading Peruvian forces at Ingavi.

Ballivian defeats Peruvian President Agustin Gamarra and preserves Bolivian independence

Gamarra is killed during Peru's invasion of Bolivia

Continues attacks against the Bulgarian defensive line at Slivnitsa.

Coordinates reinforcements arriving to strengthen the Bulgarian line.

The Ottoman Vardar Army is defeated near Monastir.

Loses Monastir after sustained Serbian attacks.

Wins the final Serbian victory in Macedonia.

Directs operations leading to the defeat of Ottoman forces at Monastir.

Crushes the Romanians & begins to entrap von Pauluss Army

Major Shaitan Singh leads Charlie Company, 13 Kumaon, in the defence of Rezang La and is killed during the battle.