Page 4: Historical Events In February - 18

1860  On this day in history anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)   

1861  Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL on this day in history.   

1861  King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy on February - 18.   

1861  On this day in history confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala   

1861  On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

1864  The Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is published in the U.S on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history battle of Ft Moultrie SC occupied by Federals   

1865  On this day in history evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city   

1865  Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC on this day in history.   

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals on February - 18.   

1875  Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur) on February - 18.   

1876  On February - 18 direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & NZ on February - 18.   

1877  On February - 18 betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water)   

1878  John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico on this day in history.   

1878  On February - 18 peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76   

1879  On February - 18 arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha   

1880  Eric De Lamarter, composer on February - 18.   

1883  On February - 18 tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)   

1884  On this day in history general Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum   

1884  Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In" on February - 18.   

1884  On February - 18 burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)   

1885  On February - 18 mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published   

1885  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 on February - 18.   

1887  Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on February - 18.   

1888  Gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues) on February - 18.   

1889  Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht) on February - 18.   

1890  Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born) on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66   

1891  On this day in history captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan   

1891  Capt Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan on this day in history.   

1891  Chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls) on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)   

1894  On this day in history andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

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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  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.   

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 February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)   

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

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

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  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.