Historical Events In February - 18

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 February - 18 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  On February - 18 french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao  

1713  On February - 18 french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao  

1716  Gaspard Fritz, composer on February - 18.  

1735  On February - 18 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC  

1743  On this day in history count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist  

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1745  Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland on this day in history.  

1745  On this day in history the birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist  

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland on February - 18.  

1745  Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery) on this day in history.  

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on February - 18.  

1751  Karl Haack, composer on February - 18.  

1770  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer on February - 18.  

1771  On February - 18 friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer  

1775  On February - 18 thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist  

1776  On February - 18 john Parry, composer  

1781  On this day in history henry Martyn, Truro, missionary  

1787  On this day in history austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor  

1790  On February - 18 marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician  

1790  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1795  On this day in history george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist  

1797  Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby on February - 18.  

1799  Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 on February - 18.  

1803  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on February - 18.  

1804  On this day in history 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered  

1805  Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) on February - 18.  

1807  On February - 18 august G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53  

1814  The Battle of Montereau occurs on February - 18.  

1815  On this day in history henri Leys, Flemish painter  

1817  Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.  

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.  

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  On February - 18 birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)  

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  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.  

1602  On February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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