Famous Birthdays In February - 18

1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.  

1404  On February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

1486  On this day in history birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

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

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.  

1559  On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1602  On February - 18 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 February - 18.  

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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  On February - 18 birth of charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)  

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

1716  On February - 18 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  Karl Haack, composer was born on February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

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

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

1790  Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of henri Leys, Flemish painter  

1817  Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

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  Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions) was born on this day in history.  

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0806  Death of Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730) on this day in history.  

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

0901  On this day in history death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)  

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.  

1139  On this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)  

1217  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

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