Saint Jadwiga of Poland Queen of Poland (d. 1399)
Leon B Alberti Italian humanistarchitect (Della Pittura)
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Bengali saint inspired Chaitanya movement born in Navadwip India (d. 1534)
Mary I Tudor [Bloody Mary] Queen of England (1553-58) born in Greenwich England (d. 1558)
Uesugi Kenshin Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)
Isaac Casaubon naturalized English classical scholar theologian
Per Brahe (the younger) Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon English PM (1660-67) born in Dinton England (d. 1674)
Johan Gransson Gyllenstierna Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
Marie Champmesl French actress (Fte de Vnus) born in Rouen France (d. 1698)
Charles-Irne Castel de Saint-Pierre French writer (d. 1743)
Jacques Cassini French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
Gaspard Fritz Swiss composer and violinist born in Geneva (d. 1783)
Karl Haack German composer born in Berlin (d. 1819)
Friedrich Christian Ruppe composer and violinist brother of Christian Friedrich Ruppe
Giovanni Battista Brocchi Bassano del Grappa Italian Geologist
Thomas Girtin artistwatercolorist born in London England
John Parry [Bardd Alaw] Welsh composer and harpist born in Denbigh (d. 1851)
Marshall Hall Basford Nottinghamshire physician
George Peabody South Danvers Mass merchantphilanthropist
Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough Rear Admiral (Union Navy)
Samuel Fenton Cary U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)
Lewis Addison Armistead Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1863)
Walter Page Lane Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1892)
Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) born in Opelousas Louisiana (d. 1864)
James Deshler Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1863)
Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji] Indian mystic and yogi (preached unity of religions) born in Kamarpukur British India (d. 1886)
Ernst Mach Chirlitz-Turas Austria physicistphilosopherpsychologist
Wilson Barrett British manager actor and playwright (The Sign of the Cross) born in Essex England (d. 1904)
Louis Comfort Tiffany glassmaker (stained glass windows)
Alexander L. Kielland Norwegian writer and politician (Garman og Worse)
August Belmont Jr breeder (Man O War)founder (NY Jockey Club)
Max Klinger German graphic artistpaintersculptor
Feb 18 1219 Jerusalem re-taken by the Christian Crusader kingdom in a peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ruler Al-Kamil
Feb 18 1268 The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor.
Feb 18 1332 Amda Seyon I Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.
