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 February - 18.   

1861  King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy on this day in history.   

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

1861  Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 on February - 18.   

1864  On this day in history the Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is published in the U.S.   

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

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

1875  On February - 18 walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)   

1876  On February - 18 direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand   

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

1877  Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water) on February - 18.   

1878  On this day in history john Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.   

1878  On February - 18 peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76   

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

1880  On February - 18 eric De Lamarter, composer   

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

1884  General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum on February - 18.   

1884  On this day in history police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In"   

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 February - 18.   

1887  On February - 18 nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

1888  On February - 18 gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues)   

1889  On this day in history sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)   

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 this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

1559  On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)   

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

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

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  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  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.