Historical Events In February - 18

1683  On this day in history nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62   

1685  Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas on February - 18.   

1688  First vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA on this day in history.   

1688  On February - 18 quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa   

1712  Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies on this day in history.   

1713  On this day in history french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao   

1713  French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao on February - 18.   

1716  On February - 18 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 this day in history.   

1745  On February - 18 bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland   

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  On February - 18 alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)   

1745  On this day in history nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67   

1751  On February - 18 karl Haack, composer   

1770  On February - 18 johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer   

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer on this day in history.   

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

1776  John Parry, composer on February - 18.   

1781  On February - 18 henry Martyn, Truro, missionary   

1787  On February - 18 austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor   

1790  Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician on February - 18.   

1790  On February - 18 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

1795  George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist on this day in history.   

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

1799  On this day in history maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52   

1803  On this day in history j W L Gleim, writer, dies   

1804  On February - 18 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered   

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  On February - 18 the Battle of Montereau occurs.   

1815  On this day in history henri Leys, Flemish painter   

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

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1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

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 February - 18.   

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

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 February - 18.   

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

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.   

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

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.   

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

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 February - 18.