Historical Events In February - 18

1860  Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa) on February - 18.   

1861  On this day in history confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL   

1861  King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy on this day in history.   

1861  Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala on February - 18.   

1861  On February - 18 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

1864  On this day in history the Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is published in the U.S.   

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie SC occupied by Federals on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city   

1865  On this day in history union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC   

1865  On February - 18 battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals   

1875  Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur) on February - 18.   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand on this day in history.   

1876  On February - 18 direct telegraph link established between Britain & NZ   

1877  Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water) on this day in history.   

1878  John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico on February - 18.   

1878  Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha   

1880  Eric De Lamarter, composer on February - 18.   

1883  On February - 18 tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)   

1884  On this day in history general Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum   

1884  On this day in history police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In"   

1884  On this day in history burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)   

1885  On this day in history mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published   

1885  On February - 18 charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61   

1887  Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on February - 18.   

1888  On this day in history gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues)   

1889  Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht) on this day in history.   

1890  Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born) on February - 18.   

1890  On this day in history guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66   

1891  Captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan on February - 18.   

1891  Capt Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan on this day in history.   

1891  Chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls) on February - 18.   

1892  Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World) on this day in history.   

1894  Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain on this day in history.   

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.   

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

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.   

1516  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

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  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  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.   

1379  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56