Famous Personalities Born In February - 18
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1374 On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)
1404 On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)
1486 On February - 18 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 February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
1559 Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.
1602 On February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
1609 Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) was born on February - 18.
1632 On this day in history 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 On February - 18 birth of charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)
1677 On this day in history birth of jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
1716 Gaspard Fritz, composer was born on February - 18.
1743 Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist was born on February - 18.
1745 On this day in history birth of alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)
1751 Karl Haack, composer was born on this day in history.
1770 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer was born on this day in history.
1771 Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer was born on this day in history.
1775 Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist was born on this day in history.
1776 John Parry, composer was born on February - 18.
1781 On this day in history birth of henry Martyn, Truro, missionary
1790 Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician was born on this day in history.
1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist was born on February - 18.
1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) was born on February - 18.
1814 On February - 18 birth of samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)
1815 Henri Leys, Flemish painter was born on February - 18.
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 this day in history.
1819 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer was born on this day in history.
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 February - 18.
1836 On this day in history birth of ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions)