Historical Events In February - 18

1860  Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa) on this day in history.  

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  Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala on February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

1865  On February - 18 battle of Ft Moultrie SC occupied by Federals  

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  On February - 18 battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals  

1875  On February - 18 walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)  

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  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 this day in history peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76  

1879  Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha on February - 18.  

1880  On February - 18 eric De Lamarter, composer  

1883  On this day in history 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  Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published on this day in history.  

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

1887  Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on this day in history.  

1888  On February - 18 gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues)  

1889  Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht) on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born)  

1890  On February - 18 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 this day in history.  

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 February - 18 wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)  

1894  Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain 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  On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.  

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.  

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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