Historical Events In February - 18

0814  On this day in history angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne  

0999  On this day in history 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  On this day in history amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.  

1397  On February - 18 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  George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London on February - 18.  

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

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  The birth of Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII on February - 18.  

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

1536  France & Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel on February - 18.  

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  On February - 18 martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62  

1559  On February - 18 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  On this day in history michelangelo dies in Rome.  

1564  On this day in history michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88  

1574  On February - 18 zeeland falls to Dutch rebels  

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 February - 18.  

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

1660  On February - 18 judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried  

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  John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published on this day in history.  

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1374  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.  

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  On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

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  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.  

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.  

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 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