Famous Birthdays In February - 18
Monday, 13 May 2024
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 February - 18.
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 Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.
1543 On February - 18 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 On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
1609 On this day in history birth of edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)
1632 Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer was born on this day in history.
1635 On this day in history birth of johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
1642 Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698) was born on February - 18.
1658 On February - 18 birth of charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)
1677 On February - 18 birth of jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
1716 Gaspard Fritz, composer was born on this day in history.
1743 On this day in history birth of count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist
1745 On this day in history birth of alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)
1751 On this day in history birth of karl Haack, composer
1770 On February - 18 birth of johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer
1771 On this day in history birth of friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer
1775 Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist was born on this day in history.
1776 On February - 18 birth of john Parry, composer
1781 On February - 18 birth of henry Martyn, Truro, missionary
1790 On this day in history birth of marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
1795 On February - 18 birth of george Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist
1805 On February - 18 birth of louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)
1814 On February - 18 birth of samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)
1815 On this day in history birth of henri Leys, Flemish painter
1817 Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.
1817 Walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born on February - 18.
1819 On this day in history birth of joseph Philbrick Webster, composer
1829 Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.
1833 James Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.
1836 Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions) was born on this day in history.