Famous Personalities Born In February - 18
Monday, 15 September 2025
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 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 this day in history.
1530 On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)
1543 On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
1559 Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.
1602 On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
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 February - 18.
1635 Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.
1642 Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698) was born on February - 18.
1658 Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) was born on February - 18.
1677 On February - 18 birth of jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
1716 Gaspard Fritz, composer was born on February - 18.
1743 Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist was born on this day in history.
1745 On February - 18 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 On this day in history birth of friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer
1775 On February - 18 birth of thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist
1776 John Parry, composer was born on this day in history.
1781 On this day in history birth of henry Martyn, Truro, missionary
1790 Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician was born on February - 18.
1795 On February - 18 birth of george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist
1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) was born on this day in history.
1814 Samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900) was born on February - 18.
1815 Henri Leys, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.
1817 On February - 18 birth of lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1817 On this day in history birth of walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1819 On February - 18 birth of joseph Philbrick Webster, composer
1829 On February - 18 birth of jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1833 James Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.
1836 On February - 18 birth of ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions)