Historical Events In February - 18

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

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

1129  On this day in history jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II   

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

1268  On this day in history the Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor.   

1332  Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces on this day in history.   

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

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

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on February - 18.   

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

1478  On February - 18 duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel   

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer on this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

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

1535  On this day in history agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48   

1536  On February - 18 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 February - 18 martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62   

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

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

1563  Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history zeeland falls to Dutch rebels   

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  On this day in history giovanni Battista Vitali, composer   

1634  Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution on this day in history.   

1660  Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried on February - 18.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 February - 18.   

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.   

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

1294  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

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

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