Historical Events In February - 18

1683  On this day in history nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62   

1685  On February - 18 fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.   

1688  On February - 18 first vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA.   

1688  Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies   

1713  On February - 18 french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao   

1713  On February - 18 french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao   

1716  Gaspard Fritz, composer on February - 18.   

1735  On February - 18 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC   

1743  On this day in history count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist   

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland   

1745  The birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist on this day in history.   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)   

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1751  On this day in history karl Haack, composer   

1770  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer on this day in history.   

1771  On February - 18 friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer   

1775  On February - 18 thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist   

1776  On February - 18 john Parry, composer   

1781  Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary on February - 18.   

1787  On this day in history austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor   

1790  On this day in history marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician   

1790  On this day in history wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

1795  George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist on this day in history.   

1797  On February - 18 trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby.   

1799  On February - 18 maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52   

1803  On February - 18 j W L Gleim, writer, dies   

1804  On this day in history 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered   

1805  On February - 18 louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)   

1807  On this day in history august G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53   

1814  On this day in history the Battle of Montereau occurs.   

1815  On February - 18 henri Leys, Flemish painter   

1817  Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

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1374  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on February - 18.   

1486  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on February - 18.   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.   

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on February - 18.   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.   

1139  On February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on this day in history.   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.