February 18th, 1747

Born on February 18th, 1747

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What happened on February 18th?

February 18th, 2013

Eight gunmen stole US$50,000,000 worth of diamonds from a Swiss-bound aircraft at Brussels Airport.

February 18th, 2010

WikiLeaks published the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by Chelsea Manning.

February 18th, 2001

American FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for having spied for the KGB and GRU over a 22-year period.

February 18th, 1946

President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, annulling benefits payable to Filipino troops who fought for the U.S. during World War II.

February 18th, 1943

The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group, were arrested by the Gestapo.

February 18th, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among Chinese Singaporeans.

February 18th, 1878

Competition between two American merchants in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, turned into a range war when a member of one faction was murdered by the other.

February 18th, 1873

Vasil Levski, a national hero of Bulgaria, was executed in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities for his efforts to establish an independent Bulgarian republic.

February 18th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: French troops led by Napoleon forced the Army of Bohemia to retreat after it advanced dangerously close to Paris.

February 18th, 1781

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: A British expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa landed in Elmina in present-day Ghana.

February 18th, 1766

Enslaved Malagasy captives on the Dutch East India Company slave ship Meermin began a mutiny that led to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators.

February 18th, 1637

Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, a Spanish fleet intercepted an Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of forty-four vessels escorted by six men-of-war, destroying or capturing twenty ships.

February 18th, 2019

Seven members of Parliament in the United Kingdom resigned from the Labour Party to form a new political party called The Independent Group.

February 18th, 2014

A series of violent events (pictured) involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters began in Kyiv that culminated in the ousting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych five days later.

January 1st, 1970

According to Hindu scriptures, Kali Yuga, the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, began.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 18th

Same year
Born in 1747

53

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz

German musician and composer (1747-1800)

*March 31st, 1747, Lüneburg †June 10th, 1800, Schwedt/Oder

29

Philip Vickers Fithian

American writer

*January 1st, 1747, Cumberland County †January 1st, 1776, Fort Washington

46

Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

French duke (1747-1793)

*April 13th, 1747, Château de Saint-Cloud †November 6th, 1793, Paris

88

Franz von Paula Schrank

German biologist (1747–1835)

*August 21st, 1747, Neuburg am Inn †December 22nd, 1835, Munich

79

Johann Elert Bode

Prusian astronomer

*January 19th, 1747, Hamburg †November 23rd, 1826, Berlin

46

Gottfried August Bürger

German poet (1747-1794)

*December 31st, 1747, Molmerswende †June 8th, 1794, Göttingen

48

Eugenio Espejo

18th century Spanish physician

*February 21st, 1747, Real Audiencia de Quito †December 27th, 1795, Quito

77

Robert Burton

American politician (1747-1825)

*October 20th, 1747, North Carolina †May 31st, 1825, Granville County

46

Armand Louis de Gontaut

French general (1747-1793)

*April 13th, 1747, Paris †December 31st, 1793, Paris

46

Maria Katharina Prestel

Painter and engraver from Nuremberg, active in London (1747–1794)

*July 22nd, 1747, Nuremberg †March 16th, 1794, Greater London

59

Prince August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

German prince (1747-1806)

*August 14th, 1747, Gotha †September 29th, 1806, Gotha

70

Yasuaki Aida

Japanese mathematician

*February 10th, 1747, Yamagata †December 4th, 1817, Edo

71

Johann Karl Wezel

German writer

*October 31st, 1747, Sondershausen †January 28th, 1819, Sondershausen

66

Rose Bertin

French marchande de modes (1747-1813)

*July 2nd, 1747, Abbeville †September 22nd, 1813, Épinay-sur-Seine

55

Friedrich August Ludwig von Burgsdorff

German botanist (1747-1802), canon of the Naumburg cathedral chapter

*March 23rd, 1747, Leipzig †June 18th, 1802, Berlin

59

Andreas Stütz

Austrian mineralogist and abbott

*January 1st, 1747, Vienna †January 1st, 1806, Vienna

72

Vincenzo Brenna

Italian architect and painter (1747-1820)

*August 20th, 1747, Florence †May 17th, 1820, Dresden

71

José da Costa e Silva

Portuguese architect

*July 25th, 1747, Vila Franca de Xira †March 21st, 1819, Rio de Janeiro

80

François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Duke of France (1747–1827)

*January 11th, 1747, La Roche-Guyon †March 27th, 1827, Paris

74

Józef Wybicki

Polish poet, author of the national anthem (1747–1822)

*September 29th, 1747, Będomin †March 10th, 1822, Manieczki

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No: With 365 days 1747 is a normal year and no leap year.

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