2_18 Events in History.

418 Historic Events for February 18

1688 Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa Event
1712 Duke of Bourgondi‰, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies Death
1713 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Cura‡ao Event
1716 Gaspard Fritz, composer Birth
1735 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC Event
1743 Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist Birth
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland Event
1745 Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 Death
1745 Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor (battery) Birth
1751 Karl Haack, composer Birth

1770 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer Birth
1771 Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer Birth
1775 Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist Birth
1776 John Parry, composer Birth
1781 Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary Birth
1787 Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor Event
1790 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 Death
1790 Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician Birth
1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist Birth
1799 Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 Death
1803 J W L Gleim, writer, dies Death
1804 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered Event
1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) Birth
1807 S von Laroche, writer, dies at 75 Death
1807 August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 Death