Page 4: Historical Events In February - 18

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

1861  On this day in history confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL   

1861  King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy on February - 18.   

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

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

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  On this day in history evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city   

1865  On this day in history union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC   

1865  On this day in history battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals   

1875  Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur) on this day in history.   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand on February - 18.   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & NZ on February - 18.   

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  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 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  On February - 18 charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61   

1887  Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on February - 18.   

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

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 this day in history 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  On February - 18 chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls)   

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

1894  Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain on this day in history.   

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1374  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on February - 18.   

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

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

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 this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

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

1217  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

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  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56