Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025
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1307 - William Tell shoots apple off his son's head.
1421 - Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands.
1497 - Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope.
1727 - In Tabriz, Iran, a powerful earthquake occurs, claiming 77,000 deaths.
1755 - In Cape Ann, Massachusetts, a large earthquake occurs, causing considerable damage in Boston.
1776 - Hessians capture Fort Lee, New Jersey.
1787 - First Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston.
1789 - Birth of Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre developed a method of photography.
1803 - Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French.
1805 - 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, the first woman's club in America.
