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 February - 18.   

1688  On this day in history first vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA.   

1688  On February - 18 quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa   

1712  Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies on February - 18.   

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

1713  French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao on February - 18.   

1716  Gaspard Fritz, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1745  On February - 18 bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland   

1745  The birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist on February - 18.   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland on February - 18.   

1745  On this day in history alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)   

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1751  Karl Haack, composer on February - 18.   

1770  On this day in history johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer   

1771  On February - 18 friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer   

1775  On this day in history thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist   

1776  John Parry, composer on February - 18.   

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

1787  On February - 18 austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor   

1790  Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician on February - 18.   

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

1795  On February - 18 george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist   

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

1799  On February - 18 maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52   

1803  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on February - 18.   

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

1805  On this day in history louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)   

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

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.   

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

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

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)   

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.   

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.   

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.   

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

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on this day in history.   

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