Historical Events In February - 18

1860  On February - 18 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  Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala on February - 18.   

1861  On February - 18 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

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  Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur) on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand   

1876  On February - 18 direct telegraph link established between Britain & NZ   

1877  On February - 18 betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water)   

1878  John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico on February - 18.   

1878  On February - 18 peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76   

1879  On this day in history arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha   

1880  Eric De Lamarter, composer on February - 18.   

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

1884  General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum on this day in history.   

1884  Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In" on February - 18.   

1884  On this day in history burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)   

1885  On February - 18 mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published   

1885  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1887  On February - 18 nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

1888  Gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues) on February - 18.   

1889  On this day in history sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)   

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

1890  Guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66 on February - 18.   

1891  Captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan on this day in history.   

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 February - 18 wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)   

1894  Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain on February - 18.   

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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  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 February - 18.   

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  On February - 18 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  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  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  On February - 18 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.