Famous Birthdays In February - 18

1374  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

1404  On this day in history 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 February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

1642  On February - 18 birth of marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)  

1658  Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) was born on February - 18.  

1677  On this day in history birth of jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)  

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

1743  Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist was born on February - 18.  

1745  Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery) was born on February - 18.  

1751  Karl Haack, composer was born on February - 18.  

1770  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer was born on February - 18.  

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer was born on this day in history.  

1775  On February - 18 birth of thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist  

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

1781  Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary was born on February - 18.  

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

1795  On this day in history birth of george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist  

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

1814  Samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.  

1815  On February - 18 birth of henri Leys, Flemish painter  

1817  On February - 18 birth of lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

1817  On this day in history birth of walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892  

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

1829  On this day in history birth of jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

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

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.  

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.