Famous Birthdays In February - 18

1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on February - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.  

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

1543  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

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 this day in history.  

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1635  Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.  

1642  On February - 18 birth of marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)  

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 February - 18 birth of gaspard Fritz, composer  

1743  Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist was born on February - 18.  

1745  Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery) was born on February - 18.  

1751  On February - 18 birth of karl Haack, composer  

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

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer was born on this day in history.  

1775  On February - 18 birth of thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist  

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

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

1790  On February - 18 birth of marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician  

1795  On this day in history birth of george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist  

1805  Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 February - 18.  

1819  Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer was born on February - 18.  

1829  Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on February - 18.  

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.  

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

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.  

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.  

1217  On this day in history alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on this day in history.  

1379  On February - 18 death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)