Famous Birthdays In February - 18
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
1374 On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)
1404 On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)
1486 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.
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 February - 18.
1559 On this day in history 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)
1609 Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) was born on this day in history.
1632 Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer was born on this day in history.
1635 Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.
1642 Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698) was born on February - 18.
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 On this day in history birth of gaspard Fritz, composer
1743 On this day in history birth of count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist
1745 On February - 18 birth of alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)
1751 On February - 18 birth of karl Haack, composer
1770 On February - 18 birth of johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer
1771 Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer was born on February - 18.
1775 Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist was born on this day in history.
1776 John Parry, composer was born on this day in history.
1781 Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary was born on February - 18.
1790 On this day in history birth of marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist was born on February - 18.
1805 On February - 18 birth of louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)
1814 On this day in history birth of samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)
1815 On February - 18 birth of henri Leys, Flemish painter
1817 On this day in history birth of lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1817 On February - 18 birth of walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
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 this day in history.
1833 On February - 18 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.