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  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.  

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  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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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  Gaspard Fritz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history birth of johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1781  Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary was born on February - 18.  

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

1795  George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist was born on this day in history.  

1805  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 birth of lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1817  On this day in history birth of walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892  

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 February - 18 birth of james Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1836  On February - 18 birth of ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions)  

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0806  On this day in history death of tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730)  

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.  

0901  On February - 18 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  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.  

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  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)