Famous Birthdays In February - 18
Friday, 25 October 2024
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 February - 18.
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 this day in history.
1609 Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) was born on this day in history.
1632 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Vitali, composer
1635 On February - 18 birth of johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
1642 On this day in history birth of marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)
1658 Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.
1677 On February - 18 birth of jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
1716 Gaspard Fritz, composer was born on February - 18.
1743 On this day in history birth of count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist
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 February - 18.
1775 On this day in history birth of thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist
1776 John Parry, composer was born on February - 18.
1781 On this day in history birth of henry Martyn, Truro, missionary
1790 On February - 18 birth of marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist was born on this day in history.
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 On February - 18 birth of lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1817 Walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born on February - 18.
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 this day in history.
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)