Famous Personalities Born In February - 18

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 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 this day in history.   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.   

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.   

1609  On this day in history birth of edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)   

1632  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history birth of johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)   

1642  On February - 18 birth of marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)   

1658  On this day in history birth of charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)   

1677  Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) was born on this day in history.   

1716  Gaspard Fritz, composer was born on February - 18.   

1743  Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist was born on February - 18.   

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

1751  On February - 18 birth of karl Haack, composer   

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

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer was born on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history birth of thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist   

1776  John Parry, composer was born on February - 18.   

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

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

1795  On this day in history birth of george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist   

1805  Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) was born on February - 18.   

1814  On this day in history birth of samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)   

1815  On this day in history birth of henri Leys, Flemish painter   

1817  Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on February - 18.   

1817  On February - 18 birth of walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

1819  Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer was born on this day in history.   

1829  Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on February - 18.   

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

1836  On February - 18 birth of ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions)   

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0806  On this day in history death of tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730)   

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.   

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.   

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.