Historical Events In February - 18

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

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

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

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

1712  On February - 18 duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies  

1713  French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao on this day in history.  

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

1716  On this day in history gaspard Fritz, composer  

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

1743  Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1751  On this day in history karl Haack, composer  

1770  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer on this day in history.  

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer on February - 18.  

1775  Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist on February - 18.  

1776  On this day in history john Parry, composer  

1781  On February - 18 henry Martyn, Truro, missionary  

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

1790  On this day in history marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician  

1790  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 on February - 18.  

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  Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1803  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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

1805  On this day in history louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)  

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

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

1815  Henri Leys, Flemish painter on this day in history.  

1817  Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on February - 18.  

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

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.  

1486  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

1516  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)  

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

1559  On this day in history birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)  

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

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 February - 18.  

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

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