Famous Birthdays In February - 18

1374  On this day in history 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 February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

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

1609  Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) was born on February - 18.  

1632  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer was born on February - 18.  

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

1642  Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

1658  Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) was born on February - 18.  

1677  Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) was born on February - 18.  

1716  On February - 18 birth of gaspard Fritz, composer  

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  Karl Haack, composer was born on February - 18.  

1770  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer was born on February - 18.  

1771  On February - 18 birth of friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer  

1775  Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist was born on February - 18.  

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  On February - 18 birth of louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)  

1814  Samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.  

1815  On February - 18 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 this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history birth of joseph Philbrick Webster, composer  

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  Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions) was born on February - 18.  

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0806  Death of Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730) on this day in history.  

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne  

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

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies  

1139  On this day in history 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 February - 18.