Historical Events In February - 18

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

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

1865  On February - 18 evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city  

1865  On February - 18 union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC  

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

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1875  Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur) on February - 18.  

1876  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 john Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.  

1878  On this day in history peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76  

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

1880  Eric De Lamarter, composer on February - 18.  

1883  On February - 18 tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)  

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 this day in history.  

1885  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1887  On February - 18 nikos Kasandsakis, writer  

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 February - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

1891  On February - 18 chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls)  

1892  Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.  

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on February - 18.  

1530  On this day in history 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 February - 18.  

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

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.  

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.  

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on February - 18.  

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.  

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.