Historical Events In February - 18

0814  On February - 18 angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

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

1129  Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II on this day in history.   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1268  On February - 18 the Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor.   

1332  Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces on this day in history.   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.   

1404  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on February - 18.   

1478  On February - 18 george, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.   

1478  Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel on February - 18.   

1486  On this day in history chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1503  On February - 18 henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)   

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) on this day in history.   

1517  The birth of Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII on February - 18.   

1535  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 on February - 18.   

1536  France & Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel on February - 18.   

1536  France & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel on February - 18.   

1546  On February - 18 martin Luther, who started the Lutheran religion, dies in Germany.   

1546  On February - 18 martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62   

1559  On February - 18 isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1563  Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Méré shoots General François De Guise on this day in history.   

1563  Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise on this day in history.   

1564  Michelangelo dies in Rome on February - 18.   

1564  On this day in history michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88   

1574  On February - 18 zeeland falls to Dutch rebels   

1587  On this day in history mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]   

1609  Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history giovanni Battista Vitali, composer   

1634  Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution on February - 18.   

1660  Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.   

1677  Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) on this day in history.   

1678  John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published on February - 18.   

1678  On this day in history john Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published   

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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  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.   

1516  On February - 18 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  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

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)   

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on February - 18.   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.   

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

1217  On this day in history alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on this day in history.   

1379  On February - 18 death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.