Historical Events In February - 18

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

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

1129  Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II on February - 18.  

1217  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1268  On February - 18 the Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor.  

1332  On February - 18 amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.  

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56  

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) on February - 18.  

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on this day in history.  

1478  On February - 18 george, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.  

1478  Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel on February - 18.  

1486  On this day in history chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

1503  On February - 18 henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)  

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) on February - 18.  

1517  On this day in history the birth of Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII  

1535  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 on February - 18.  

1536  On this day in history france & Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel  

1536  France & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel on this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history martin Luther, who started the Lutheran religion, dies in Germany.  

1546  Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 on February - 18.  

1559  On February - 18 isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1563  Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Méré shoots General François De Guise on this day in history.  

1563  On February - 18 huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise  

1564  On February - 18 michelangelo dies in Rome.  

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1574  Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels on February - 18.  

1587  On February - 18 mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]  

1609  On this day in history edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)  

1632  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer on this day in history.  

1634  On February - 18 ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution  

1660  Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.  

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

1678  On February - 18 john Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published  

1678  On this day in history john Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published  

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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 February - 18.  

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

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

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)  

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

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 February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)  

1217  On this day in history alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on this day in history.  

1379  On February - 18 death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)  

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56