Historical Events In February - 18

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

0999  On this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies  

1129  On this day in history 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  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 February - 18.  

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

1517  On February - 18 the birth of Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII  

1535  On this day in history agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48  

1536  On February - 18 france & Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel  

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

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

1546  On February - 18 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  On this day in history 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 February - 18.  

1574  On this day in history zeeland falls to Dutch rebels  

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

1609  Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) on February - 18.  

1632  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer on February - 18.  

1634  On this day in history ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution  

1660  Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried on February - 18.  

1677  Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) on this day in history.  

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

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 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  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 this day in history.  

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on February - 18.  

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

1139  On this day in history 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 February - 18.  

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

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