Page 2: Historical Events In February - 18

1683  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1685  Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas on this day in history.   

1688  On February - 18 first vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA.   

1688  Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa on February - 18.   

1712  Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies on February - 18.   

1713  On February - 18 french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao   

1713  On February - 18 french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao   

1716  Gaspard Fritz, composer on February - 18.   

1735  1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC on February - 18.   

1743  On February - 18 count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist   

1745  On February - 18 bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland   

1745  On this day in history the birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist   

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland   

1745  On this day in history alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery)   

1745  On February - 18 nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67   

1751  On February - 18 karl Haack, composer   

1770  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer on February - 18.   

1771  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer on February - 18.   

1775  On this day in history thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist   

1776  John Parry, composer on February - 18.   

1781  On February - 18 henry Martyn, Truro, missionary   

1787  Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician   

1790  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 on February - 18.   

1795  George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist on February - 18.   

1797  On this day in history trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby.   

1799  Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1803  On February - 18 j W L Gleim, writer, dies   

1804  On February - 18 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered   

1805  On February - 18 louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)   

1807  On February - 18 august G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53   

1814  The Battle of Montereau occurs on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history henri Leys, Flemish painter   

1817  Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on February - 18.   

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

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

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

1559  On this day in history 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  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.   

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

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on this day in history.   

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