Famous Birthdays In February - 18

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 this day in history.  

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on this day in history.  

1516  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)  

1530  On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

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

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.  

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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  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  On February - 18 birth of gaspard Fritz, composer  

1743  On February - 18 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 this day in history 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 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  Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician was born on this day in history.  

1795  George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist was born on February - 18.  

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 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  Walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.  

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

1829  On February - 18 birth of jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

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

1836  On this day in history birth of ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions)  

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0806  On February - 18 death of tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730)  

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

0901  On this day in history death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)  

0999  On this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies  

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 February - 18.