Historical Events In February - 18

0814  On this day in history angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1129  Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II on February - 18.   

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

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

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

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56   

1404  On February - 18 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1455  On this day in history fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies   

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

1478  On this day in history duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel   

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)   

1516  On February - 18 mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1517  The birth of Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII on this day in history.   

1535  On this day in history agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48   

1536  France & Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel on this day in history.   

1536  On February - 18 france & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel   

1546  On this day in history martin Luther, who started the Lutheran religion, dies in Germany.   

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

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian on this day in history.   

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

1563  On February - 18 huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise   

1564  On this day in history michelangelo dies in Rome.   

1564  On February - 18 michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88   

1574  Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels on February - 18.   

1587  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution   

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

1677  On this day in history jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)   

1678  On February - 18 john Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published   

1678  John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published on this day in history.   

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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 February - 18.   

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

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on February - 18.   

1530  On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

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

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

0814  On this day in history death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

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

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

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

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on February - 18.   

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56