Famous Birthdays In February - 18

1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.   

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.   

1609  On February - 18 birth of edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)   

1632  On February - 18 birth of giovanni Battista Vitali, composer   

1635  On February - 18 birth of johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)   

1642  On this day in history birth of marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)   

1658  Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.   

1677  On this day in history birth of jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)   

1716  Gaspard Fritz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1743  On February - 18 birth of count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist   

1745  On this day in history birth of alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)   

1751  Karl Haack, composer was born on this day in history.   

1770  On this day in history birth of johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer   

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer was born on February - 18.   

1775  Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist was born on this day in history.   

1776  On February - 18 birth of john Parry, composer   

1781  On February - 18 birth of henry Martyn, Truro, missionary   

1790  On February - 18 birth of marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician   

1795  On February - 18 birth of george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist   

1805  On February - 18 birth of louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)   

1814  On February - 18 birth of samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)   

1815  On February - 18 birth of henri Leys, Flemish painter   

1817  On February - 18 birth of lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1817  Walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.   

1819  On February - 18 birth of joseph Philbrick Webster, composer   

1829  On this day in history birth of jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1833  On February - 18 birth of james Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1836  On this day in history birth of ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions)   

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0806  Death of Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730) on this day in history.   

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  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  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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.