Historical Events In February - 18

1860  On February - 18 anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)  

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

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  On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74  

1864  On February - 18 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  Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1879  On this day in history arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha  

1880  On February - 18 eric De Lamarter, composer  

1883  On this day in history tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)  

1884  On this day in history general Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum  

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

1884  On February - 18 burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)  

1885  On February - 18 mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published  

1885  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 on February - 18.  

1887  On this day in history nikos Kasandsakis, writer  

1888  Gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues) on this day in history.  

1889  Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht) on February - 18.  

1890  On this day in history adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born)  

1890  Guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan  

1891  On February - 18 capt Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan  

1891  On this day in history chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls)  

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 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  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.  

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.  

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.  

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  On this day in history death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)  

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

1139  On this day in history 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 February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56