Page 2: Historical Events In February - 18

1683  On February - 18 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 this day in history.   

1688  First vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA on February - 18.   

1688  Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1716  Gaspard Fritz, composer on February - 18.   

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

1745  On February - 18 the birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)   

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

1751  On February - 18 karl Haack, composer   

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  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 February - 18.   

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  On this day in history trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby.   

1799  On February - 18 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 this day in history.   

1807  August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history the Battle of Montereau occurs.   

1815  Henri Leys, Flemish painter on February - 18.   

1817  On February - 18 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 February - 18.   

1404  On February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

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

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

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

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on February - 18.   

0999  On this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1139  On this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  On February - 18 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 this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

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