Famous Birthdays In February - 18
Saturday, 23 September 2023
1374 Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.
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 February - 18.
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 On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian
1602 Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.
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 On this day in history birth of johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
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 Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery) was born on this day in history.
1751 On this day in history birth of karl Haack, composer
1770 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer was born on February - 18.
1771 On February - 18 birth of friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer
1775 Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist was born on this day in history.
1776 On February - 18 birth of john Parry, composer
1781 Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary was born on this day in history.
1790 On this day in history birth of marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
1795 On this day in history birth of george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist
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 Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on February - 18.
1817 On this day in history 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 this day in history.