Page 4: Historical Events In February - 18

1860  On February - 18 anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)   

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

1861  On February - 18 king Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy   

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

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

1865  Evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city on February - 18.   

1865  On this day in history union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC   

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals on this day in history.   

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  Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water) on this day in history.   

1878  On February - 18 john Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.   

1878  Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha   

1880  Eric De Lamarter, composer on February - 18.   

1883  Tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover) on February - 18.   

1884  On February - 18 general Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum   

1884  On February - 18 police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In"   

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

1885  On this day in history mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published   

1885  On February - 18 charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61   

1887  On February - 18 nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

1888  Gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)   

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  Captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan on February - 18.   

1891  On February - 18 capt Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan   

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

1892  Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World) on February - 18.   

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 this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

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  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0814  On this day in history death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.