Page 4: Historical Events In February - 18

1860  On February - 18 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 February - 18 confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala   

1861  On February - 18 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  Battle of Ft Moultrie SC occupied by Federals on February - 18.   

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  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

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

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

1879  Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha on this day in history.   

1880  Eric De Lamarter, composer on this day in history.   

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

1884  General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum on February - 18.   

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

1884  Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show) on this day in history.   

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 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 February - 18 adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born)   

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

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

1891  On this day in history 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  On February - 18 wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)   

1894  On February - 18 andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

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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  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  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 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 February - 18.   

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

1139  On February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on February - 18.   

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