Historical Events In February - 18

1817  Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history joseph Philbrick Webster, composer  

1828  On February - 18 more than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, near Gibraltar  

1828  On this day in history more than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar  

1829  On February - 18 jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

1829  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77 on February - 18.  

1830  On this day in history charles G G, Earl of Merode, mayor (Brussels), dies at 67  

1833  On this day in history james Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1833  On February - 18 georg Johann Schinn, composer, dies at 64  

1834  1st US labor newspaper, "The Man," published, NYC on February - 18.  

1836  On this day in history ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions)  

1838  The birth of Ernst Mach, British Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named on this day in history.  

1838  Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist on this day in history.  

1839  Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists) on this day in history.  

1841  A continuous filibuster in US Senate begins, lasting until March 11 on February - 18.  

1841  First continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11 on this day in history.  

1841  On February - 18 1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11  

1841  On this day in history samuel Prowse Warren, composer  

1844  On February - 18 willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School)  

1846  On this day in history giovanni Liverati, composer, dies at 73  

1848  Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker (stained glass windows) on this day in history.  

1849  On February - 18 first regular steamboat service to San Francisco CA starts gold rush prospectors from east coast  

1849  On February - 18 1st regular steamboat service to California starts (or 02/28)  

1849  On February - 18 alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer/politician (Garman og Worse)  

1849  First regular steamboat service to San Francisco CA starts: gold rush prospectors from east coast on February - 18.  

1850  California Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties on February - 18.  

1850  Calif Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties on this day in history.  

1850  On February - 18 george Henschel, composer  

1853  August Belmont Jr, breeder (Man 'O War)/founder (NY Jockey Club) on February - 18.  

1856  American (Know-Nothing) Party abolishes secrecy on February - 18.  

1857  Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo on this day in history.  

1857  On this day in history max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor  

1858  On February - 18 louise M A, princess of Belgium  

1859  Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof) on this day in history.  

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1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

1404  On February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

1486  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

1559  On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)  

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  On this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies  

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

1217  On this day in history alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  On February - 18 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 February - 18.