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  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  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.  

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  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.  

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1635  Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery) was born on this day in history.  

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  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer was born on this day in history.  

1775  On this day in history birth of thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist  

1776  John Parry, composer was born on February - 18.  

1781  On this day in history birth of henry Martyn, Truro, missionary  

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

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

1805  On this day in history birth of louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)  

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  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 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 this day in history 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 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  On this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies  

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

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