This Day In European History

18th November

Events
1307: In legend, the date in which Swiss folk-hero William Tell was forced to shoot an arrow from atop his son's head with a crossbow (he succeeded).
1477: The first (dated) book printed in English by William Caxton.
1540: The decree of Merindol by King Francis I of France orders the persecution of the Waldenses.
1738: The Treaty of Vienna ends the War of the Polish Succession.
1910: 'Black Friday', named after police and suffragettes fight outside Parliament.

Births
1522: Count Lamoraal of Egmont.
1531: Roberto di Ridolfi, Florentine banker.
1647: Pierre Bayle, French philosopher.
1743: Johannes Ewald, Danish poet.
1786: Carl von Weber, German composer.
1836: William Schwenk Gilbert, English dramatist.
1860: Ignacy Paderewski, Polish pianist.
1882: Jacques Maritain, French philosopher.

Deaths
942: St. Odo, abbot of Cluny.

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