Historical Events In February - 18

1683  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 on February - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa   

1712  On February - 18 duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies   

1713  On February - 18 french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao   

1713  On this day in history french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao   

1716  Gaspard Fritz, composer on this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

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

1745  On February - 18 bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland   

1745  On February - 18 alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)   

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on February - 18.   

1751  On February - 18 karl Haack, composer   

1770  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer on this day in history.   

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer on February - 18.   

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

1776  On this day in history john Parry, composer   

1781  Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary on February - 18.   

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

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

1790  On February - 18 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

1795  George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist on February - 18.   

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

1799  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1805  On February - 18 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  Henri Leys, Flemish painter on this day in history.   

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

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on February - 18.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

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

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.