Page 4: 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 February - 18.   

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

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

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

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie SC occupied by Federals on this day in history.   

1865  Evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city on February - 18.   

1865  Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC on this day in history.   

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  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 February - 18.   

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

1878  Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1880  On this day in history eric De Lamarter, composer   

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

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

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

1884  Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show) on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published   

1885  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

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

1890  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

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

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

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  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on February - 18.   

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

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

1516  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1294  On this day in history 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 February - 18.