Historical Events In February - 18

1860  Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa) on February - 18.   

1861  On February - 18 confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL   

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

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  On February - 18 the Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is published in the U.S.   

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

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 this day in history walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)   

1876  On this day in history direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & NZ on this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

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

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

1880  On this day in history eric De Lamarter, composer   

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

1884  General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history 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  Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published on February - 18.   

1885  On this day in history charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61   

1887  Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on February - 18.   

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

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

1890  Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born) on February - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

1559  On this day in history birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)   

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 this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.