Historical Events In February - 18

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

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies  

1129  On February - 18 jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II  

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1268  The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor on this day in history.  

1332  Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces on this day in history.  

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

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

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on February - 18.  

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.  

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1478  On this day in history duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel  

1486  On February - 18 chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

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

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

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

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

1546  On February - 18 martin Luther, who started the Lutheran religion, dies in Germany.  

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

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian on February - 18.  

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

1563  On this day in history huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise  

1564  Michelangelo dies in Rome on this day in history.  

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on February - 18.  

1574  On February - 18 zeeland falls to Dutch rebels  

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

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

1632  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer on February - 18.  

1634  Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1678  John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published on February - 18.  

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.  

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

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on this day in history.  

1516  On February - 18 birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)  

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.  

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 February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)  

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.  

0901  On this day in history death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)  

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies  

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  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.  

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

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.