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  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  Gaspard Fritz, composer on February - 18.  

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

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

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

1745  The birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist on February - 18.  

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland  

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

1745  On February - 18 nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67  

1751  On this day in history karl Haack, composer  

1770  On February - 18 johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer  

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer on February - 18.  

1775  Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist on this day in history.  

1776  On February - 18 john Parry, composer  

1781  Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary on February - 18.  

1787  Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor on February - 18.  

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

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

1795  George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist on February - 18.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

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

1486  On February - 18 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  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 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  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.  

0901  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 February - 18.  

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

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56