Historical Events In February - 18

0814  On February - 18 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  The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor on this day in history.   

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

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1455  On February - 18 fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies   

1478  George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London on this day in history.   

1478  On this day in history duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel   

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

1503  On this day in history henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)   

1516  On February - 18 mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1517  On February - 18 the birth of Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII   

1535  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

1536  France & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel on this day in history.   

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

1546  Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1563  Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Méré shoots General François De Guise on February - 18.   

1563  On February - 18 huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise   

1564  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

1587  On this day in history mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]   

1609  Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) on this day in history.   

1632  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer on February - 18.   

1634  On February - 18 ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution   

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

1677  Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) on this day in history.   

1678  John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published on February - 18.   

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

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

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

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  On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

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 February - 18.   

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 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 February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

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

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on this day in history.   

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