Historical Events In February - 18

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

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

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

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

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

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

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1404  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

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

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

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

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

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

1516  On this day in history mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1517  The birth of Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII on this day in history.   

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  On February - 18 france & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel   

1546  Martin Luther, who started the Lutheran religion, dies in Germany on February - 18.   

1546  On this day in history martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62   

1559  On this day in history isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1563  Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Méré shoots General François De Guise on February - 18.   

1563  Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise on February - 18.   

1564  Michelangelo dies in Rome on February - 18.   

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

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

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  Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) on February - 18.   

1678  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

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

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 February - 18.   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

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

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 February - 18.   

0901  On this day in history 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  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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