Page 4: Historical Events In February - 18

1860  On this day in history anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)   

1861  Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL on February - 18.   

1861  On February - 18 king Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy   

1861  Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala on this day in history.   

1861  On February - 18 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

1864  On this day in history the Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is published in the U.S.   

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie SC occupied by Federals on this day in history.   

1865  On February - 18 evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city   

1865  On this day in history union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC   

1865  On February - 18 battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals   

1875  Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur) on February - 18.   

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand on February - 18.   

1876  On February - 18 direct telegraph link established between Britain & NZ   

1877  Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water) on February - 18.   

1878  John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico on this day in history.   

1878  On February - 18 peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76   

1879  Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha on February - 18.   

1880  On February - 18 eric De Lamarter, composer   

1883  Tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover) on this day in history.   

1884  On February - 18 general Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum   

1884  Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In" on February - 18.   

1884  On February - 18 burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)   

1885  Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61   

1887  On this day in history nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

1888  Gladys Cooper, England, actress (Margaret-Rogues) on February - 18.   

1889  On this day in history sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)   

1890  On February - 18 adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born)   

1890  Guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66 on February - 18.   

1891  Captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan on this day in history.   

1891  On February - 18 capt Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan   

1891  On this day in history chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls)   

1892  Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World) on this day in history.   

1894  Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain on February - 18.   

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.   

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  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

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

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.   

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.   

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.   

0999  On February - 18 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  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.   

1379  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  On February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56