Historical Events In February - 18

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

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.  

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

1217  On February - 18 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 on February - 18.  

1332  On February - 18 amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.  

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  On this day in history fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies  

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

1486  On this day in history chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

1503  Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII) on February - 18.  

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  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

1559  On February - 18 isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1563  On this day in history huguenot Jean Poltrot de Méré shoots General François De Guise  

1563  Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise on this day in history.  

1564  On this day in history michelangelo dies in Rome.  

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

1574  Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels on February - 18.  

1587  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8] on this day in history.  

1609  On February - 18 edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)  

1632  On this day in history giovanni Battista Vitali, composer  

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

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

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

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

1678  On February - 18 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 this day in history.  

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  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  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

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

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)  

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

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

1217  On this day in history alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on this day in history.  

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