Famous Personalities Born In February - 18

1374  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

1404  On this day in history 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 February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.   

1602  On February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)   

1609  Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) was born on February - 18.   

1632  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Vitali, composer   

1635  Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.   

1642  Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698) was born on February - 18.   

1658  On February - 18 birth of charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)   

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

1716  Gaspard Fritz, composer was born on February - 18.   

1743  Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist was born on February - 18.   

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  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1776  John Parry, composer was born on February - 18.   

1781  On this day in history birth of henry Martyn, Truro, missionary   

1790  Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician was born on this day in history.   

1795  George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist was born on February - 18.   

1805  Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) was born on February - 18.   

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

1815  Henri Leys, Flemish painter was born on February - 18.   

1817  Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on February - 18.   

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

1819  Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer was born on this day in history.   

1829  Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.   

1833  James Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on February - 18.   

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

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0806  On this day in history death of tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730)   

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

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

0999  On February - 18 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 this day in history.