Page 2: Historical Events In February - 18

1683  On this day in history nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62   

1685  Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas on February - 18.   

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

1688  Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies   

1713  French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao on February - 18.   

1713  On this day in history french invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao   

1716  On this day in history gaspard Fritz, composer   

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

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

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland   

1745  On February - 18 the birth of Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland on February - 18.   

1745  Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery) on this day in history.   

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

1751  On this day in history karl Haack, composer   

1770  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer on this day in history.   

1771  On this day in history friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer   

1775  Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist on this day in history.   

1776  John Parry, composer on February - 18.   

1781  Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary on this day in history.   

1787  On this day in history austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor   

1790  Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician on February - 18.   

1790  On February - 18 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

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

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

1799  On February - 18 maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52   

1803  On this day in history j W L Gleim, writer, dies   

1804  On this day in history 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered   

1805  Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) on February - 18.   

1807  August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on February - 18.   

1814  On this day in history the Battle of Montereau occurs.   

1815  Henri Leys, Flemish painter on this day in history.   

1817  On February - 18 lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

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

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

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

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

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)   

0814  On February - 18 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 this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

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  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

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