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