Page 4: Historical Events In February - 18

1860  Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa) on February - 18.   

1861  On this day in history confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL   

1861  King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy on February - 18.   

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

1861  On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

1864  On February - 18 the Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is published in the U.S.   

1865  Battle of Ft Moultrie SC occupied by Federals on February - 18.   

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

1865  Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC on this day in history.   

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

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

1876  Direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand on this day in history.   

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

1877  On February - 18 betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water)   

1878  On February - 18 john Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.   

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

1879  On February - 18 arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha   

1880  Eric De Lamarter, composer on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)   

1884  General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum on February - 18.   

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

1884  Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show) on February - 18.   

1885  Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published on February - 18.   

1885  On February - 18 charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61   

1887  On February - 18 nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

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

1889  Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht) on this day in history.   

1890  Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1891  Chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls) on February - 18.   

1892  On February - 18 wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)   

1894  Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain 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  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on February - 18.   

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

1543  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.   

1602  On February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)   

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

1139  On February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on February - 18.   

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