Page 2: 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  First vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA on this day in history.   

1688  Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa on February - 18.   

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  On this day in history french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao   

1716  On this day in history gaspard Fritz, composer   

1735  On this day in history 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC   

1743  Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist on February - 18.   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland on February - 18.   

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  Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery) on February - 18.   

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1751  Karl Haack, composer on February - 18.   

1770  On February - 18 johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer   

1771  On this day in history friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer   

1775  On this day in history thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist   

1776  John Parry, composer on February - 18.   

1781  On February - 18 henry Martyn, Truro, missionary   

1787  Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor on this day in history.   

1790  Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

1795  On February - 18 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 this day in history.   

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

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 February - 18.   

1807  On this day in history august G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53   

1814  The Battle of Montereau occurs on February - 18.   

1815  Henri Leys, Flemish painter on February - 18.   

1817  On this day in history lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

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

1404  On this day in history 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  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  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.   

0814  On February - 18 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  On this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

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

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.