Top Historical Events That Happened on February 18

1861  Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala.   

1861  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.   

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie SC occupied by Federals   

1865  Evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city   

1865  Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC.   

1875  Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain and New Zealand   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain and NZ.   

1877  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   

1878  Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76.   

1879  Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha.   

1880  Eric De Lamarter, composer   

1883  Tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover).   

1884  General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum   

1884  Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In"   

1884  Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)   

1885  Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published   

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

1887  Nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

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

1889  Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht).   

1890  Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born)   

1890  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   

1891  Capt Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan   

1891  Chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls)   

1892  Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)   

1894  Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain.   

1895  George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame).   

1895  Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77   

1896  Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for inaugural time in 50 years   

1896  Andre Breton, French poet is born.   

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1374  Saint jadwiga of poland: Queen of poland   

1404  Leon b alberti: Italian humanist/architect (della pittura)   

1486  Chaitanya mahaprabhu: Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  Mary i tudor: [bloody mary], greenwich, queen of england (1553-58)   

1530  Uesugi kenshin: Japanese samurai and warlord   

1543  Charles iii: Duke of lorraine   

1559  Isaac casaubon: Naturalized english classical scholar, theologian   

1602  Per brahe (the younger): Swedish soldier   

0814  Angilbert: Frankish monk and confidant of charlemagne   

0901  Thabit ibn qurra: Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  Death of Gregory v: [bruno] 1st german pope,   

1139  Prince yaropolk ii of kiev: Prince yaropolk ii of kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  Death of Alexander neckum de sancto albano: Engl encyclopedist,   

1294  Death of Kublai khan: Mongol emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  Albert ii of mecklenburg: Albert ii of mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  Enguerrand vii: French master of coucy/count of soissons,