Famous Personalities Born In February - 18
Saturday, 29 March 2025
1374 On February - 18 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 On this day in history 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 On February - 18 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 On February - 18 birth of giovanni Battista Vitali, composer
1635 Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.
1642 Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698) was born on February - 18.
1658 Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.
1677 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) was born on February - 18.
1716 On this day in history birth of gaspard Fritz, composer
1743 Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist was born on this day in history.
1745 Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery) was born on this day in history.
1751 Karl Haack, composer was born on February - 18.
1770 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer was born on February - 18.
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 this day in history birth of john Parry, composer
1781 Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary was born on February - 18.
1790 On this day in history birth of marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist was born on this day in history.
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 February - 18.
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 On this day in history birth of jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1833 On this day in history birth of james Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1836 Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions) was born on February - 18.