February 18th, 1838

Born on February 18th, 1838

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, 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

Born on February 18th, 1838

78

Ernst Mach

Austrian physicist and university educator (1838–1916)

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

Same year
Born in 1838

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

*July 8th, 1838, Constance †March 8th, 1917, Berlin

36

Georges Bizet

French composer (1838–1875)

*October 25th, 1838, Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne †June 3rd, 1875, Bougival

60

Augustin Daly

American playwright and theatre impresario

*July 20th, 1838, Plymouth †June 7th, 1899, Paris

88

Felice Napoleone Canevaro

Italian politician and officer of Peruvian background (1838-1926)

*July 7th, 1838, Lima †December 30th, 1926, Venice

86

Pauline Kergomard

French educator

*April 24th, 1838, Bordeaux †February 13th, 1925, Saint-Maurice

80

Henry Brooks Adams

American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)

*February 16th, 1838, Boston †March 27th, 1918, Washington, D.C.

26

John Wilkes Booth

American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865)

*May 10th, 1838, Bel Air †April 26th, 1865, Port Royal

90

Émile Loubet

8th president of France (1838–1929)

*December 31st, 1838, Marsanne †December 20th, 1929, Montélimar

49

Anton Mauve

Dutch painter (1838–1888)

*September 18th, 1838, Zaandam †February 5th, 1888, Arnhem

84

Camille Jordan

French mathematician

*January 5th, 1838, Lyon †January 22nd, 1922, Paris

82

Max Bruch

German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920)

*January 6th, 1838, Cologne †October 2nd, 1920, Friedenau

84

Ernest Solvay

Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838-1922)

*April 16th, 1838, Rebecq-Rognon †May 26th, 1922, Ixelles - Elsene

79

Gustav von Schmoller

German economist (1838–1917)

*June 24th, 1838, Heilbronn †June 27th, 1917, Bad Harzburg

83

Yamagata Aritomo

Prime Minister of Japan (1838-1922)

*June 14th, 1838, Hagi †February 1st, 1922, Koki-an

42

James Craig Watson

Astronomer (1838-1880)

*January 28th, 1838, Fingal †November 22nd, 1880, Madison

79

Franz Brentano

Austrian philosopher and psychologist as well as refounder of the theory of intentionality

*January 16th, 1838, Boppard †March 17th, 1917, Zürich

55

Anton Anno

German author

*March 19th, 1838, Aachen †December 1st, 1893, Berlin

69

William Henry Perkin

British chemist known for his accidental discovery of the first synthetic dye (1838–1907)

*March 12th, 1838, London †July 14th, 1907, London Borough of Harrow

95

Yisrael Meir Kagan

Polish rabbi (1838–1933)

*February 6th, 1838, Dzyatlava †September 15th, 1933, Raduń

66

John Hay

American statesman (1838–1905)

*October 8th, 1838, Salem †July 1st, 1905, Newbury

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1838 is a normal year and no leap year.

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