Famous Birthdays In February - 18

1374  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

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 February - 18.  

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

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  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.  

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  Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) was born on this day in history.  

1716  On this day in history birth of gaspard Fritz, composer  

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  On February - 18 birth of karl Haack, composer  

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

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer was born on February - 18.  

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

1776  John Parry, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1790  On this day in history birth of marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician  

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

1805  On February - 18 birth of louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)  

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  On February - 18 birth of walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892  

1819  On this day in history birth of joseph Philbrick Webster, composer  

1829  Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.  

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.  

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