Historical Events In February - 18

0814  Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne.   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1129  Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II.   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

1268  The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor   

1332  In this year, Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia starts his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56.   

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies.   

1478  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.   

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer.   

1503  Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII).   

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

1517  Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII is born.   

1535  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48.   

1536  France and Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel.   

1536  France and Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel.   

1546  Martin Luther, who started the Lutheran religion, dies in Germany.   

1546  Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62.   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1563  Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise.   

1564  Michelangelo dies in Rome.   

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88.   

1574  Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels.   

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

1609  Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67).   

1632  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer   

1634  Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution   

1660  Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried   

1677  Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn).   

1678  John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published   

1678  John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published   

1683  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62.   

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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 February - 18.   

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.   

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 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)   

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 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  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  On February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56