Historical Events In February - 18

0814  On this day in history angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

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

1129  Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II on this day in history.   

1217  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

1268  On February - 18 the Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor.   

1332  On February - 18 amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.   

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56   

1404  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on this day in history.   

1478  On February - 18 george, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.   

1478  Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel on this day in history.   

1486  On this day in history chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1503  Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII) on this day in history.   

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

1517  The birth of Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII on February - 18.   

1535  On February - 18 agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48   

1536  On this day in history france & Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel   

1536  On February - 18 france & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel   

1546  On February - 18 martin Luther, who started the Lutheran religion, dies in Germany.   

1546  On this day in history martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62   

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

1563  On this day in history huguenot Jean Poltrot de Méré shoots General François De Guise   

1563  Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise on February - 18.   

1564  On February - 18 michelangelo dies in Rome.   

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1574  Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels on this day in history.   

1587  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8] on February - 18.   

1609  On this day in history edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)   

1632  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution   

1660  Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.   

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

1678  John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published on this day in history.   

1678  On February - 18 john Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published   

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on February - 18.   

1404  On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1486  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

1543  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.   

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

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.   

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

0999  On this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

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

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on this day in history.   

1379  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  On February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56