Pope Sylvester I Consecrates Old St. Peter's Basilica (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones
November 18, 20247m 59s
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A Daily Dose of History (18 Nov 2024)
Today's historical events:
- The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.
- The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
- The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
- Maginulfo is elected the Antipope as Sylvester IV.
- Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV.
- Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon.
- Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy.
- A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people. This event will be known as St Elizabeth's flood.
- Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
- French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy.
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