Famous Birthdays In February - 18

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

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  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  On February - 18 birth of edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)  

1632  On February - 18 birth of giovanni Battista Vitali, composer  

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1635  On this day in history birth of johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)  

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

1658  Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) was born on February - 18.  

1677  On February - 18 birth of jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)  

1716  On this day in history 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  Karl Haack, composer was born on February - 18.  

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

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

1790  Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician was born on February - 18.  

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  Henri Leys, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

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  On February - 18 birth of joseph Philbrick Webster, composer  

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

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0806  Death of Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730) on February - 18.  

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

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.  

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 February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on this day in history.