Famous Birthdays In February - 18

1374  On February - 18 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  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.  

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

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  On February - 18 birth of edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)  

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

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

1642  On this day in history 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  Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) was born on February - 18.  

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

1743  On February - 18 birth of count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist  

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

1751  Karl Haack, composer was born on this day in history.  

1770  On February - 18 birth of johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer  

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

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

1776  On February - 18 birth of john Parry, composer  

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

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  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  On February - 18 birth of henri Leys, Flemish painter  

1817  Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on February - 18.  

1817  On February - 18 birth of walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892  

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  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 this day in history.  

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0806  On February - 18 death of tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730)  

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne  

0901  On February - 18 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 this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

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