Historical Events In February - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1683 On February - 18 nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62
1685 On February - 18 fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
1688 On February - 18 first vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA.
1688 Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa on this day in history.
1712 On this day in history duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies
1713 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao on February - 18.
1713 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao on this day in history.
1716 Gaspard Fritz, composer on February - 18.
1735 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC on February - 18.
1743 On February - 18 count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist
1745 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland
1745 On this day in history the birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist
1745 On February - 18 bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland
1745 On February - 18 alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)
1745 Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1751 Karl Haack, composer on this day in history.
1770 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer on February - 18.
1771 On February - 18 friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer
1775 On this day in history thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist
1776 John Parry, composer on February - 18.
1781 Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary on this day in history.
1787 Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor on February - 18.
1790 On February - 18 marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
1790 On February - 18 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67
1795 On this day in history george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist
1797 On February - 18 trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby.
1799 Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
1803 On February - 18 j W L Gleim, writer, dies
1804 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered on this day in history.
1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) on February - 18.
1807 On February - 18 august G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53
1814 On this day in history the Battle of Montereau occurs.
1815 On this day in history henri Leys, Flemish painter
1817 Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on February - 18.
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