Page 4: Historical Events In February - 18

1860  Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa) on February - 18.   

1861  Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL on February - 18.   

1861  On this day in history king Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy   

1861  On February - 18 confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala   

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 this day in history.   

1865  Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC on this day in history.   

1865  On February - 18 battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals   

1875  On this day in history walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand on this day in history.   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & NZ on this day in history.   

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 February - 18 peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76   

1879  Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha on February - 18.   

1880  On this day in history eric De Lamarter, composer   

1883  On February - 18 tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)   

1884  On this day in history general Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum   

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 February - 18.   

1885  On February - 18 mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published   

1885  Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 on February - 18.   

1887  On February - 18 nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

1888  Gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues) on this day in history.   

1889  Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht) on this day in history.   

1890  Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born) on February - 18.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1891  Chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls) on February - 18.   

1892  Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World) on February - 18.   

1894  On February - 18 andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

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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  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

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 February - 18.   

0901  On February - 18 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  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  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

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.