February 18th, 1759

Born on February 18th, 1759

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 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, 1268

The Battle of Wesenberg took place between Novgorodian and Pskovian forces against the Livonian Order and its allies, ending with Russian forces retreating from Danish Estonia.

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

Born on February 18th, 1759

50

Bernardim Freire de Andrade

Portuguese general (1759-1809)

*February 18th, 1759, Lisbon †March 17th, 1809, Braga

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82

Alessandro Volta

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)

*February 18th, 1745, Como †March 5th, 1827, Como

88

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

*February 18th, 1931, Lorain †August 5th, 2019, The Bronx

45

Zhou Mi

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1979, Nanning

48

Rayoni Head

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1976, London Borough of Hillingdon

70

John Travolta

American actor (born 1954)

*February 18th, 1954, Englewood

56

Molly Ringwald

American actress, singer, dancer, and author (1968-)

*February 18th, 1968, Roseville

71

Francesco Redi

Italian entomologist and poet

*February 18th, 1626, Arezzo †March 1st, 1697, Pisa

59

Dr. Dre

American rapper, record producer, and businessman

*February 18th, 1965, Compton

57

Roberto Baggio

Italian association football player (born 1967)

*February 18th, 1967, Caldogno

78

Ernst Mach

Austrian physicist and university educator (1838–1916)

*February 18th, 1838, Brno-Chrlice †February 19th, 1916, Vaterstetten

42

Christian Tiffert

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

91

Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist based in the United States

*February 18th, 1933, Tokyo

39

Anton Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1985)

*February 18th, 1985, Peckham

65

Jayne Atkinson

British actress

*February 18th, 1959, Bournemouth

77

Dennis DeYoung

American musician

*February 18th, 1947, Chicago

86

Miloš Forman

Czech American director, screenwriter, and professor (1932–2018)

*February 18th, 1932, Čáslav †April 13th, 2018, Danbury

61

Manfred Wolter

German writer

*February 18th, 1938, Potsdam †October 14th, 1999, Woltersdorf

42

Courtney Act

Australian drag queen

*February 18th, 1982, Brisbane

49

Gary Neville

English association football player and manager (born 1975)

*February 18th, 1975, Bury

42

Mary I of England

Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558

*February 18th, 1516, Palace of Placentia †November 17th, 1558, St James's Palace

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45

Friedrich Schiller

German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright (1759–1805)

*November 10th, 1759, Marbach am Neckar †May 9th, 1805, Weimar

37

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

*January 25th, 1759, Alloway †July 21st, 1796, Dumfries

38

Mary Wollstonecraft

English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

*April 27th, 1759, Spitalfields †September 10th, 1797, Somers Town

34

Georges Danton

French revolutionary (1759–1794)

*October 26th, 1759, Arcis-sur-Aube †April 5th, 1794, Paris

73

William Wilberforce

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

*August 24th, 1759, Wilberforce House †July 29th, 1833, London

85

Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann

German theologian

*October 12th, 1759, Molsheim †November 15th, 1844, Strasbourg

46

William Pitt the Younger

British statesman (1759–1806)

*May 28th, 1759, Kent †January 23rd, 1806, London

68

James Edward Smith

English botanist (1759-1828)

*December 2nd, 1759, Norwich †March 17th, 1828, Norwich

43

Louis François Antoine Arbogast

French mathematician

*October 8th, 1759, Mutzig †April 18th, 1803, Strasbourg

81

Johann Georg von Dillis

German artist

*December 26th, 1759, Dorfen †September 28th, 1841, Munich

78

Thomas Andrew Knight

British botanist (1759-1838)

*August 12th, 1759, Ludlow †May 11th, 1838, London

45

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein (1759-1805)

*May 14th, 1759, Vienna †March 24th, 1805, Vienna

74

François Andrieux

French man of letters and playwright (1759-1833)

*May 6th, 1759, Strasbourg †May 10th, 1833, former 10th arrondissement of Paris

57

Christian Leberecht Vogel

German painter and art historian (1759-1816)

*April 6th, 1759, Dresden †April 11th, 1816, Dresden

64

Maria Theresia von Paradis

Austrian musician and composer (1759–1824)

*May 15th, 1759, Vienna †February 1st, 1824, Vienna

56

Claude Lecourbe

French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1759-1815)

*February 22nd, 1759, Besançon †October 22nd, 1815, Belfort

39

Adrien Duport

French politician (1759-1798)

*February 24th, 1759, Paris †July 6th, 1798, Gais

51

Israel Smith

American judge and politician (1759–1810)

*April 4th, 1759, Suffield †December 2nd, 1810, Rutland

65

Friedrich August Wolf

German philologist

*February 15th, 1759, Hainrode †August 8th, 1824, Marseille

54

Markus Vetsch

(1759-1813)

*September 21st, 1759, Grabs †December 19th, 1813, Grabs

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No: With 365 days 1759 is a normal year and no leap year.

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