Page 4: Historical Events In February - 18

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history the Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is published in the U.S.   

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

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 February - 18.   

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  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand on February - 18.   

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

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 February - 18.   

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

1880  On February - 18 eric De Lamarter, composer   

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

1884  On February - 18 general Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum   

1884  Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In" on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history 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  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1887  Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on February - 18.   

1888  Gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues) on February - 18.   

1889  On February - 18 sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)   

1890  Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born) on this day in history.   

1890  On February - 18 guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66   

1891  On this day in history 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 on February - 18.   

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

1892  On February - 18 wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)   

1894  On this day in history andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

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1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

1404  On February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1486  On this day in history birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  On February - 18 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  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.   

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 February - 18.   

1294  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  On February - 18 death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.