Historical Events In February - 18

1860  On this day in history anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)   

1861  On this day in history confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL   

1861  King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy on February - 18.   

1861  Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

1864  On February - 18 the Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is published in the U.S.   

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie SC occupied by Federals on February - 18.   

1865  Evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city on February - 18.   

1865  Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC on February - 18.   

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals on this day in history.   

1875  Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur) on this day in history.   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand on February - 18.   

1876  On this day in history direct telegraph link established between Britain & NZ   

1877  On this day in history betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water)   

1878  John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76   

1879  Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha on this day in history.   

1880  Eric De Lamarter, composer on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)   

1884  General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum on February - 18.   

1884  On February - 18 police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In"   

1884  Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show) on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published   

1885  On February - 18 charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61   

1887  On February - 18 nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

1888  On February - 18 gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues)   

1889  Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht) on February - 18.   

1890  On February - 18 adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born)   

1890  Guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan   

1891  Capt Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan on February - 18.   

1891  On this day in history chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls)   

1892  On this day in history wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)   

1894  On this day in history andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

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

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

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

1543  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

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 this day in history.   

0814  On this day in history death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  On this day in history death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  On this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

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

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

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