Famous Birthdays In February - 18

1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

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

1486  On February - 18 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 February - 18.   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.   

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

1609  Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Vitali, composer   

1635  On February - 18 birth of johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)   

1642  On this day in history birth of marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)   

1658  Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.   

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

1716  Gaspard Fritz, composer was born on February - 18.   

1743  On this day in history birth of count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist   

1745  On this day in history birth of alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)   

1751  On February - 18 birth of karl Haack, composer   

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

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

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  On February - 18 birth of marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician   

1795  George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist was born on this day in history.   

1805  Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) was born on February - 18.   

1814  On this day in history birth of samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)   

1815  On this day in history birth of henri Leys, Flemish painter   

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  Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 18 birth of ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions)   

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0806  On this day in history death of tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730)   

0814  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on February - 18.