Page 2: Historical Events In February - 18
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1683 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 on February - 18.
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 First vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA on this day in history.
1688 On this day in history quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa
1712 Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies on February - 18.
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 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 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 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 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 On February - 18 john Parry, composer
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 February - 18.
1790 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history 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 On February - 18 maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52
1803 On February - 18 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 February - 18.
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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