This day in History - February 18

418 Historic Events for February 18
1815 Birth Henri Leys, Flemish painter
1817 Death Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72
1817 Birth Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1817 Birth Walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1819 Birth Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer
1828 Event More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar
1829 Death Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77
1829 Birth Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1830 Death Charles G G, Earl of Merode, mayor (Brussels), dies at 67
1833 Death Ignac Ruzitska, composer, dies at 55
1833 Birth James Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1833 Death Georg Johann Schinn, composer, dies at 64
1834 Event 1st US labor newspaper, "The Man," published, NYC
1836 Birth Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic/hindu leader
1836 Birth Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions)
1838 Birth Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist
1839 Event Detroit Boat Club forms (and still exists)
1841 Birth Samuel Prowse Warren, composer
1841 Event 1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11
1844 Birth Willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School)
1846 Death Giovanni Liverati, composer, dies at 73
1848 Birth Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker (stained glass windows)
1849 Event 1st regular steamboat service to California starts (or 02/28)
1849 Birth Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer/politician (Garman og Worse)
1850 Birth George Henschel, composer