Famous Birthdays In February - 18

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

1559  On this day in history birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1609  On this day in history 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  Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698) was born on February - 18.  

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

1743  On February - 18 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 this day in history.  

1770  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer was born on this day in history.  

1771  On February - 18 birth of friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer  

1775  Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist was born on February - 18.  

1776  On this day in history birth of john Parry, composer  

1781  On February - 18 birth of henry Martyn, Truro, missionary  

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  Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) was born on February - 18.  

1814  On February - 18 birth of samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)  

1815  Henri Leys, Flemish painter was born on February - 18.  

1817  On this day in history birth of lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1817  Walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born on February - 18.  

1819  Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer was born on February - 18.  

1829  On February - 18 birth of jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

1833  James Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.  

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)  

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

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.  

1217  On this day in history 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 February - 18.