Page 4: Historical Events In February - 18

1860  On this day in history anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)   

1861  Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history king Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy   

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

1861  Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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  Evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history direct telegraph link established between Britain & NZ   

1877  On February - 18 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 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1883  Tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 18 nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

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 February - 18.   

1891  Chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls) on February - 18.   

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

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  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

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 February - 18.   

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.   

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on February - 18.   

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

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

1217  On this day in history alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

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.