Page 2: Historical Events In February - 18

1683  On this day in history nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62   

1685  Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas on this day in history.   

1688  First vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA on February - 18.   

1688  Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa on February - 18.   

1712  Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies on this day in history.   

1713  French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao on this day in history.   

1713  French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao on this day in history.   

1716  On this day in history gaspard Fritz, composer   

1735  1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC on February - 18.   

1743  On February - 18 count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland on this day in history.   

1745  The birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland   

1745  Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1776  On February - 18 john Parry, composer   

1781  Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary on this day in history.   

1787  Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor on this day in history.   

1790  On February - 18 marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician   

1790  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist   

1797  On this day in history trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby.   

1799  On this day in history maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52   

1803  On this day in history j W L Gleim, writer, dies   

1804  1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered on February - 18.   

1805  Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) on this day in history.   

1807  August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on February - 18.   

1814  The Battle of Montereau occurs on this day in history.   

1815  On February - 18 henri Leys, Flemish painter   

1817  Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

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

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

1486  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

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

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

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)   

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

1139  On February - 18 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 February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56