Page 2: Historical Events In February - 18
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1683 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 on February - 18.
1685 On this day in history fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
1688 On February - 18 first vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA.
1688 On this day in history quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa
1712 On February - 18 duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies
1713 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao on February - 18.
1713 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao on this day in history.
1716 Gaspard Fritz, composer on February - 18.
1735 On February - 18 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC
1743 Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist on February - 18.
1745 On February - 18 bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland
1745 The birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist on this day in history.
1745 On February - 18 bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland
1745 On February - 18 alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)
1745 Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on February - 18.
1751 Karl Haack, composer on this day in history.
1770 On this day in history johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer
1771 On February - 18 friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer
1775 Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist on this day in history.
1776 John Parry, composer on February - 18.
1781 On this day in history henry Martyn, Truro, missionary
1787 Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor on this day in history.
1790 On February - 18 marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
1790 On this day in history wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67
1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist on February - 18.
1797 Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby on February - 18.
1799 On February - 18 maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52
1803 On February - 18 j W L Gleim, writer, dies
1804 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered on this day in history.
1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) on this day in history.
1807 August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1814 The Battle of Montereau occurs on this day in history.
1815 Henri Leys, Flemish painter on February - 18.
1817 Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on February - 18.
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