Historical Events In February - 18

0814  Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.   

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1129  On February - 18 jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on February - 18.   

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 February - 18.   

1397  On February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56   

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

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

1478  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

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

1516  On this day in history 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  On February - 18 agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48   

1536  France & Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel on February - 18.   

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

1546  Martin Luther, who started the Lutheran religion, dies in Germany on February - 18.   

1546  Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 on February - 18.   

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

1563  On this day in history huguenot Jean Poltrot de Méré shoots General François De Guise   

1563  On this day in history huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise   

1564  On February - 18 michelangelo dies in Rome.   

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1574  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)   

1632  On February - 18 giovanni Battista Vitali, composer   

1634  Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution on February - 18.   

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

1677  On February - 18 jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)   

1678  On this day in history john Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published   

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

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

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on February - 18.   

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 February - 18.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

1559  On this day in history birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.   

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  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.   

1139  On this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

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

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.   

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on February - 18.   

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