Famous Birthdays In February - 18

1374  On February - 18 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  On this day in history birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

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

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.  

1559  On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

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 February - 18.  

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

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  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 February - 18 birth of alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)  

1751  Karl Haack, composer was born on this day in history.  

1770  On February - 18 birth of johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer  

1771  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer  

1775  Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist was born on this day in history.  

1776  John Parry, composer was born on February - 18.  

1781  Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)  

1814  On February - 18 birth of samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)  

1815  On February - 18 birth of henri Leys, Flemish painter  

1817  Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on February - 18.  

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  James Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on February - 18.  

1836  Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions) was born on February - 18.  

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0806  On this day in history 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 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 February - 18 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.