Page 2: Historical Events In February - 18

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

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

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

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  On this day in history french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao   

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

1716  On February - 18 gaspard Fritz, composer   

1735  On this day in history 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC   

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

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland on February - 18.   

1745  On February - 18 the birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist   

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

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

1745  On this day in history nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67   

1751  Karl Haack, composer on this day in history.   

1770  On February - 18 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1795  George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist on this day in history.   

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

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

1803  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

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

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

1559  On February - 18 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 this day in history death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

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