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| February 18th, 3102 (February 18 3102) | Event | Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga. | |
| February 18th, 2008 (February 18 2008) | Death | Sir Richard Knowles, British politician (born in 1917) | |
| February 18th, 2008 (February 18 2008) | Death | Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress, (born in 1955) | |
| February 18th, 2008 (February 18 2008) | Death | Mickey Renaud, Canadian professional ice hockey player (born in 1988) | |
| February 18th, 2006 (February 18 2006) | Death | Richard Bright, American actor (born in 1937) | |
| February 18th, 2004 (February 18 2004) | Event | Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertiliser catches fire and explodes. | |
| February 18th, 2004 (February 18 2004) | Death | Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (born in 1917) | |
| February 18th, 2003 (February 18 2003) | Event | Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea. | |
| February 18th, 2003 (February 18 2003) | Event | Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) makes perihelion, seen by SOHO. | |
| February 18th, 2003 (February 18 2003) | Death | Isser Harel, Israeli Mossad leader (born in 1912) | |
| February 18th, 2003 (February 18 2003) | Death | Johnny Paycheck, American country singer/songwriter (born in 1938) | |
| February 18th, 2001 (February 18 2001) | Event | FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison. | |
| February 18th, 2001 (February 18 2001) | Death | Balthus, Polish-born painter (born in 1908) | |
| February 18th, 2001 (February 18 2001) | Death | Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (born in 1951) | |
| February 18th, 2001 (February 18 2001) | Death | Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (born in 1931) | |
| February 18th, 2000 (February 18 2000) | Event | Stjepan Mesic becomes the second president of Croatia. | |
| February 18th, 2000 (February 18 2000) | Death | Willy Maltaite, Belgian comics creator (born in 1927 | |
| February 18th, 1999 (February 18 1999) | Death | Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (born in 1932) | |
| February 18th, 1998 (February 18 1998) | Event | Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways. | |
| February 18th, 1998 (February 18 1998) | Death | Harry Caray, American baseball broadcaster (born in 1914) | |
| February 18th, 1998 (February 18 1998) | Death | Robbie James, Welsh footballer (born in 1957) | |
| February 18th, 1997 (February 18 1997) | Death | Emily Hahn, American writer (born in 1905) | |
| February 18th, 1995 (February 18 1995) | Death | Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b.1959) | |
| February 18th, 1993 (February 18 1993) | Death | Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (born in 1960) | |
| February 18th, 1993 (February 18 1993) | Death | Jacqueline Hill, British actress (born in 1929) | |
| February 18th, 1991 (February 18 1991) | Event | The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at both Paddington station and Victoria station in London. | |
| February 18th, 1988 (February 18 1988) | Birth | Maiara Walsh, American actress | |
| February 18th, 1988 (February 18 1988) | Birth | Shane Lyons, actor and private chef | |
| February 18th, 1986 (February 18 1986) | Birth | Marc Torrejon, Spanish footballer | |
| February 18th, 1985 (February 18 1985) | Birth | Anton Ferdinand, English footballer | |
| February 18th, 1985 (February 18 1985) | Birth | Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer | |
| February 18th, 1984 (February 18 1984) | Birth | Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail) | |
| February 18th, 1983 (February 18 1983) | Event | Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history. | |
| February 18th, 1983 (February 18 1983) | Birth | Juelz Santana, American rapper | |
| February 18th, 1983 (February 18 1983) | Birth | Jermaine Jenas, English footballer | |
| February 18th, 1983 (February 18 1983) | Birth | Jason Maxiell, American basketball player | |
| February 18th, 1982 (February 18 1982) | Death | Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (born in 1895) | |
| February 18th, 1981 (February 18 1981) | Birth | Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player | |
| February 18th, 1981 (February 18 1981) | Birth | Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer | |
| February 18th, 1981 (February 18 1981) | Birth | Kim Jae Won, South Korean actor | |
| February 18th, 1981 (February 18 1981) | Birth | Alex Rios, American baseball player | |
| February 18th, 1981 (February 18 1981) | Death | John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft manufacturer (born in 1895) | |
| February 18th, 1980 (February 18 1980) | Birth | Regina Spektor, Russian-born singer and songwriter | |
| February 18th, 1980 (February 18 1980) | Birth | Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player | |
| February 18th, 1979 (February 18 1979) | Event | Snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the first and only recorded time in history. | |
| February 18th, 1978 (February 18 1978) | Birth | Josip Simunic, Croatian footballer | |
| February 18th, 1978 (February 18 1978) | Death | Maggie McNamara, American actress (born in 1928) | |
| February 18th, 1977 (February 18 1977) | Event | The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle goes on its maiden "flight" while sitting on top of a Boeing 747. | |
| February 18th, 1977 (February 18 1977) | Birth | Katia, Brazilian footballer | |
| February 18th, 1977 (February 18 1977) | Birth | Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter | |
| February 18th, 1977 (February 18 1977) | Birth | Chrissie Wellington, British triathlete | |
| February 18th, 1977 (February 18 1977) | Death | Andy Devine, American actor (born in 1905) | |
| February 18th, 1976 (February 18 1976) | Birth | Chanda Rubin, tennis star | |
| February 18th, 1976 (February 18 1976) | Birth | Leilani Munter, American race car driver | |
| February 18th, 1975 (February 18 1975) | Birth | Sarah Brown, American actress | |
| February 18th, 1975 (February 18 1975) | Birth | Keith Gillespie, Irish footballer | |
| February 18th, 1975 (February 18 1975) | Birth | Gary Neville, English footballer | |
| February 18th, 1974 (February 18 1974) | Birth | Jamey Carroll, American baseball player | |
| February 18th, 1974 (February 18 1974) | Birth | Ruby Dhalla, Canadian politician | |
| February 18th, 1974 (February 18 1974) | Birth | Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian tennis player | |
| February 18th, 1973 (February 18 1973) | Birth | Claude Makelele, French footballer | |
| February 18th, 1973 (February 18 1973) | Death | Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (born in 1891) | |
| February 18th, 1972 (February 18 1972) | Event | The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628 invalidates the state s death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison. | |
| February 18th, 1971 (February 18 1971) | Birth | Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player | |
| February 18th, 1970 (February 18 1970) | Event | The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. | |
| February 18th, 1970 (February 18 1970) | Birth | Raine Maida, Canadian musician (Our Lady Peace) | |
| February 18th, 1970 (February 18 1970) | Birth | Susan Egan, American actress | |
| February 18th, 1969 (February 18 1969) | Event | The Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 disaster occurs, killing all on board. | |
| February 18th, 1969 (February 18 1969) | Birth | Alexander Mogilny, Russian ice hockey player | |
| February 18th, 1969 (February 18 1969) | Birth | Jason Sutter, American drummer (Smash Mouth, American Hi-Fi) | |
| February 18th, 1968 (February 18 1968) | Birth | Molly Ringwald, American actress | |
| February 18th, 1967 (February 18 1967) | Birth | Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer | |
| February 18th, 1967 (February 18 1967) | Birth | Tracey Edmonds, American film and television producer | |
| February 18th, 1967 (February 18 1967) | Birth | Harry Van Barneveld, Belgian judoka | |
| February 18th, 1967 (February 18 1967) | Death | J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (born in 1904) | J. Robert Oppenheimer Quotes |
| February 18th, 1967 (February 18 1967) | Death | Dragisa Cvetkovic, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister (born in 1893) | |
| February 18th, 1966 (February 18 1966) | Birth | Guy Ferland, American television director | |
| February 18th, 1966 (February 18 1966) | Death | Robert Rossen, American screenwriter, producer, and director (born in 1908) | |
| February 18th, 1965 (February 18 1965) | Event | The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom. | |
| February 18th, 1965 (February 18 1965) | Birth | Dr. Dre, American rapper | |
| February 18th, 1965 (February 18 1965) | Birth | Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (died in 2005) | John Scott Quotes |
| February 18th, 1964 (February 18 1964) | Birth | Matt Dillon, American actor | |
| February 18th, 1964 (February 18 1964) | Birth | Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers) | |
| February 18th, 1964 (February 18 1964) | Death | Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Quebec inventor and industrialist (born in 1907) | |
| February 18th, 1963 (February 18 1963) | Birth | Henry Winter, English football journalist | |
| February 18th, 1962 (February 18 1962) | Birth | Julie Strain, American actress | |
| February 18th, 1960 (February 18 1960) | Birth | Carol McGiffin, British TV and radio presenter | |
| February 18th, 1960 (February 18 1960) | Birth | Greta Scacchi, Australian actress | |
| February 18th, 1960 (February 18 1960) | Birth | Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 18th, 1958 (February 18 1958) | Birth | Giovanni Lavaggi, Italian racing driver | |
| February 18th, 1958 (February 18 1958) | Birth | Gar Samuelson, American drummer (died in 1999) | |
| February 18th, 1957 (February 18 1957) | Event | Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government. | |
| February 18th, 1957 (February 18 1957) | Birth | Marita Koch, German athlete | |
| February 18th, 1957 (February 18 1957) | Birth | Vanna White, American game show presenter | |
| February 18th, 1957 (February 18 1957) | Death | Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (born in 1920) | |
| February 18th, 1957 (February 18 1957) | Death | Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (born in 1877) | |
| February 18th, 1956 (February 18 1956) | Birth | Ted Gardestad, Swedish singer (died in 1997) | |
| February 18th, 1956 (February 18 1956) | Death | Gustave Charpentier, French composer (born in 1860) | |
| February 18th, 1955 (February 18 1955) | Event | The Shot Teapot-Wasp is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp would be the first of fourteen shots of the Teapot series. | |
| February 18th, 1955 (February 18 1955) | Birth | Miles Tredinnick, English playwright | |
| February 18th, 1955 (February 18 1955) | Birth | Raymond Rougeau, Canadian professional wrestler | |
| February 18th, 1955 (February 18 1955) | Death | Sadako Sasaki, School student(born in 1944) | Saki Quotes |
| February 18th, 1954 (February 18 1954) | Event | The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California. | |
| February 18th, 1954 (February 18 1954) | Birth | John Travolta, American actor | |
| February 18th, 1953 (February 18 1953) | Birth | Robbie Bachman, Canadian drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) | |
| February 18th, 1952 (February 18 1952) | Birth | Maurice Lucas, American basketball player | |
| February 18th, 1952 (February 18 1952) | Birth | Juice Newton, American singer | |
| February 18th, 1951 (February 18 1951) | Birth | Isabel Preysler, Philippines-born Spanish socialite | |
| February 18th, 1950 (February 18 1950) | Birth | John Hughes, American director | |
| February 18th, 1950 (February 18 1950) | Birth | Cybill Shepherd, American actress | |
| February 18th, 1950 (February 18 1950) | Birth | Michel Gauthier, Quebec politician | |
| February 18th, 1949 (February 18 1949) | Birth | Gary Ridgway, American serial killer | |
| February 18th, 1948 (February 18 1948) | Event | Eamon de Valera resigns as Taoiseach of Ireland. | |
| February 18th, 1948 (February 18 1948) | Birth | Sinead Cusack, Irish actress | |
| February 18th, 1948 (February 18 1948) | Birth | Keith Knudsen, American drummer and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (died in 2005) | |
| February 18th, 1947 (February 18 1947) | Birth | Dennis DeYoung, American musician (STYX) | |
| February 18th, 1947 (February 18 1947) | Birth | Princess Christina of the Netherlands | |
| February 18th, 1947 (February 18 1947) | Birth | Carlos Lopes, Portuguese athlete | |
| February 18th, 1947 (February 18 1947) | Birth | Eliot Lance Engel, American politician | |
| February 18th, 1946 (February 18 1946) | Birth | Michael Buerk, British newsreader | |
| February 18th, 1946 (February 18 1946) | Birth | Jean-Claude Dreyfus, French actor | |
| February 18th, 1945 (February 18 1945) | Birth | Judy Rankin, American golfer | |
| February 18th, 1945 (February 18 1945) | Death | Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (born in 1906) | |
| February 18th, 1944 (February 18 1944) | Birth | Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos | |
| February 18th, 1943 (February 18 1943) | Event | The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement. | |
| February 18th, 1943 (February 18 1943) | Event | Joseph Goebbels delivers the Sportpalast speech. | Joseph Goebbels Quotes |
| February 18th, 1943 (February 18 1943) | Birth | Graeme Garden, Scottish writer | |
| February 18th, 1942 (February 18 1942) | Death | Albert Payson Terhune, American author (born in 1872) | |
| February 18th, 1941 (February 18 1941) | Birth | Irma Thomas, American singer | |
| February 18th, 1939 (February 18 1939) | Birth | Dal Maxvill, American baseball player | |
| February 18th, 1939 (February 18 1939) | Birth | Marek Janowski, Polish-born conductor | |
| February 18th, 1939 (February 18 1939) | Birth | Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist | |
| February 18th, 1938 (February 18 1938) | Birth | Istvan Szabo, Hungarian film director | |
| February 18th, 1938 (February 18 1938) | Birth | Manny Mota, Dominican baseball player | |
| February 18th, 1938 (February 18 1938) | Death | David King Udall, American politician (born in 1851) | |
| February 18th, 1936 (February 18 1936) | Birth | Jean Auel, American writer | |
| February 18th, 1936 (February 18 1936) | Birth | Dick Duff, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 18th, 1935 (February 18 1935) | Birth | Michel Aoun, Lebanese prime minister | |
| February 18th, 1933 (February 18 1933) | Birth | Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer | |
| February 18th, 1933 (February 18 1933) | Birth | Sir Bobby Robson, English football manager | |
| February 18th, 1933 (February 18 1933) | Birth | Mary Ure, Scottish actress (died in 1975) | |
| February 18th, 1933 (February 18 1933) | Death | James J. Corbett, American boxer (born in 1866) | |
| February 18th, 1932 (February 18 1932) | Event | The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China. | |
| February 18th, 1932 (February 18 1932) | Birth | Milos Forman, Czech film director | |
| February 18th, 1931 (February 18 1931) | Birth | Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (died in 2007) | John Hart Quotes |
| February 18th, 1931 (February 18 1931) | Birth | Toni Morrison, American writer, Nobel laureate | |
| February 18th, 1931 (February 18 1931) | Birth | Bob St. Clair, American football player | |
| February 18th, 1931 (February 18 1931) | Death | Milan Sufflay, Croatian politician (born in 1879) | |
| February 18th, 1930 (February 18 1930) | Event | While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto. | |
| February 18th, 1930 (February 18 1930) | Event | Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft. | |
| February 18th, 1930 (February 18 1930) | Birth | Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist | |
| February 18th, 1929 (February 18 1929) | Event | The first Academy Awards are announced. | |
| February 18th, 1929 (February 18 1929) | Birth | Len Deighton, British author | |
| February 18th, 1929 (February 18 1929) | Birth | Andre Mathieu, Quebec composer (died in 1968) | |
| February 18th, 1928 (February 18 1928) | Birth | Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 18th, 1927 (February 18 1927) | Birth | John Warner, American politician | |
| February 18th, 1927 (February 18 1927) | Birth | Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
| February 18th, 1925 (February 18 1925) | Birth | George Kennedy, American actor | |
| February 18th, 1925 (February 18 1925) | Birth | Marcel Barbeau, Quebec artist | |
| February 18th, 1924 (February 18 1924) | Birth | Humberto Fernandez Moran, Venezuelan scientist (died in 1999) | |
| February 18th, 1924 (February 18 1924) | Birth | Louis Laberge, Quebec labour union leader (died in 2002) | |
| February 18th, 1922 (February 18 1922) | Birth | Helen Gurley Brown, American editor | |
| February 18th, 1922 (February 18 1922) | Birth | Allan Melvin, American actor (died in 2008) | |
| February 18th, 1922 (February 18 1922) | Birth | Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (died in 1971) | |
| February 18th, 1920 (February 18 1920) | Birth | Bill Cullen, American game show host (died in 1990) | |
| February 18th, 1920 (February 18 1920) | Birth | Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician (died in 1997) | |
| February 18th, 1919 (February 18 1919) | Birth | Jack Palance, American actor (died in 2006) | |
| February 18th, 1918 (February 18 1918) | Birth | Jane Loevinger, American psychologist (died in 2008). | |
| February 18th, 1916 (February 18 1916) | Birth | Jean Drapeau, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (died in 1999) | |
| February 18th, 1915 (February 18 1915) | Birth | Phyllis Calvert, British actress (died in 2002) | |
| February 18th, 1914 (February 18 1914) | Birth | Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (died in 2000) | |
| February 18th, 1913 (February 18 1913) | Event | Raymond Poincare becomes President of France. | |
| February 18th, 1911 (February 18 1911) | Event | The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away. | |
| February 18th, 1911 (February 18 1911) | Death | Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (born in 1854) | |
| February 18th, 1909 (February 18 1909) | Birth | Wallace Stegner, American writer (died in 1993) | |
| February 18th, 1907 (February 18 1907) | Birth | Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (died in 2008) | |
| February 18th, 1906 (February 18 1906) | Birth | Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (died in 1980) | |
| February 18th, 1906 (February 18 1906) | Death | John Batterson Stetson, American manufacturer (born in 1830) | |
| February 18th, 1903 (February 18 1903) | Birth | Nikolai Podgorny, President of the Soviet Union (died in 1983) | |
| February 18th, 1902 (February 18 1902) | Birth | Walter Herbert, German-born conductor and impresario (died in 1975) | |
| February 18th, 1902 (February 18 1902) | Death | Charles Lewis Tiffany, American founder of Tiffany & Co. (born in 1812) | |
| February 18th, 1901 (February 18 1901) | Event | Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the British House of Commons. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| February 18th, 1901 (February 18 1901) | Birth | Reginald Sheffield, British actor (died in 1957) | |
| February 18th, 1900 (February 18 1900) | Death | Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (born in 1824) | |
| February 18th, 1898 (February 18 1898) | Birth | Luis Munoz Marin, Puerto Rican poet (died in 1980) | |
| February 18th, 1897 (February 18 1897) | Birth | Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005) | |
| February 18th, 1896 (February 18 1896) | Birth | Andre Breton, French writer (died in 1966) | |
| February 18th, 1895 (February 18 1895) | Death | Karl Abs, German professional wrestler (born in 1851) | |
| February 18th, 1893 (February 18 1893) | Death | Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (born in 1814) | |
| February 18th, 1892 (February 18 1892) | Birth | Wendell Willkie, American politician (died in 1944) | |
| February 18th, 1890 (February 18 1890) | Birth | Edward Arnold, American actor (died in 1956) | |
| February 18th, 1890 (February 18 1890) | Birth | Adolphe Menjou, American actor (died in 1963) | |
| February 18th, 1888 (February 18 1888) | Birth | George Papandreou, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died in 1968) | |
| February 18th, 1885 (February 18 1885) | Event | Mark Twain s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time. | Mark Twain Quotes |
| February 18th, 1884 (February 18 1884) | Birth | Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (died in 1970) | |
| February 18th, 1883 (February 18 1883) | Birth | Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek author (died in 1957) | Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes |
| February 18th, 1878 (February 18 1878) | Event | John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico. | Evans Quotes |
| February 18th, 1871 (February 18 1871) | Birth | Harry Brearley, English inventor (died in 1948) | |
| February 18th, 1870 (February 18 1870) | Birth | William Laurel Harris, American mural painter, writer (died in 1924) | |
| February 18th, 1865 (February 18 1865) | Event | Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia. | |
| February 18th, 1861 (February 18 1861) | Event | In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America. | |
| February 18th, 1861 (February 18 1861) | Event | With the Italian unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy. | |
| February 18th, 1859 (February 18 1859) | Birth | Sholom Aleichem, Russian Yiddish humorist (died in 1916) | |
| February 18th, 1856 (February 18 1856) | Event | The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore. | Millard Fillmore Quotes |
| February 18th, 1851 (February 18 1851) | Death | Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, German mathematician (born in 1804) | |
| February 18th, 1849 (February 18 1849) | Birth | Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (died in 1906) | |
| February 18th, 1848 (February 18 1848) | Birth | Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (died in 1933) | |
| February 18th, 1846 (February 18 1846) | Birth | Wilson Barrett, English playwright (died in 1904) | |
| February 18th, 1842 (February 18 1842) | Death | Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (born in 1779) | |
| February 18th, 1841 (February 18 1841) | Event | The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11. | |
| February 18th, 1838 (February 18 1838) | Birth | Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (died in 1916) | |
| February 18th, 1836 (February 18 1836) | Birth | Sri Ramakrishna, Bengali saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda (died in 1886) | Swami Vivekananda Quotes |
| February 18th, 1814 (February 18 1814) | Event | The Battle of Montereau occurs. | |
| February 18th, 1814 (February 18 1814) | Birth | Samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (died in 1900) | |
| February 18th, 1803 (February 18 1803) | Death | Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (born in 1719) | |
| February 18th, 1797 (February 18 1797) | Event | Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby. | |
| February 18th, 1788 (February 18 1788) | Death | John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (born in 1713) | |
| February 18th, 1785 (February 18 1785) | Death | Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (b.1774) | |
| February 18th, 1780 (February 18 1780) | Death | Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (born in 1714) | |
| February 18th, 1778 (February 18 1778) | Death | Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (born in 1715) | |
| February 18th, 1772 (February 18 1772) | Death | Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (born in 1712) | |
| February 18th, 1748 (February 18 1748) | Death | Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (born in 1677) | |
| February 18th, 1745 (February 18 1745) | Birth | Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (died in 1827) | |
| February 18th, 1743 (February 18 1743) | Death | Anna Maria Luisa de Medici, last of the Medicis (born in 1667) | |
| February 18th, 1718 (February 18 1718) | Death | Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (born in 1663) | |
| February 18th, 1712 (February 18 1712) | Death | Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir to the throne of France (born in 1682) | |
| February 18th, 1685 (February 18 1685) | Event | Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France s claim to Texas. | |
| February 18th, 1683 (February 18 1683) | Death | Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (born in 1620) | |
| February 18th, 1658 (February 18 1658) | Birth | Charles-Irenee Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (died in 1743) | |
| February 18th, 1654 (February 18 1654) | Death | Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (born in 1594) | |
| February 18th, 1642 (February 18 1642) | Birth | Marie Champmesle, French actress (died in 1698) | |
| February 18th, 1635 (February 18 1635) | Birth | Johan Goransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (died in 1680) | |
| February 18th, 1609 (February 18 1609) | Birth | Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian (died in 1674) | |
| February 18th, 1602 (February 18 1602) | Birth | Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (died in 1680) | |
| February 18th, 1583 (February 18 1583) | Death | Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (born in 1503) | |
| February 18th, 1564 (February 18 1564) | Death | Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian artist (born in 1475) | Michelangelo Buonarroti Quotes |
| February 18th, 1559 (February 18 1559) | Birth | Isaac Casaubon, French classical scholar (died in 1614) | |
| February 18th, 1546 (February 18 1546) | Death | Martin Luther, German religious reformer (born in 1483) | Martin Luther Quotes |
| February 18th, 1543 (February 18 1543) | Birth | Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (died in 1608) | |
| February 18th, 1535 (February 18 1535) | Death | Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, astrologer and alchemist (born in 1486) | |
| February 18th, 1530 (February 18 1530) | Birth | Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (died in 1578) | |
| February 18th, 1516 (February 18 1516) | Birth | Queen Mary I of England (died in 1558) | Mary I of England Quotes |
| February 18th, 1486 (February 18 1486) | Birth | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer | |
| February 18th, 1478 (February 18 1478) | Event | George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. | |
| February 18th, 1478 (February 18 1478) | Death | George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (born in 1449) | Richard III of England Quotes |
| February 18th, 1455 (February 18 1455) | Death | Fra Angelico, Italian artist (born in 1395) | |
| February 18th, 1405 (February 18 1405) | Death | Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (born in 1336) | |
| February 18th, 1379 (February 18 1379) | Death | Albert II of Mecklenburg (born in 1318) | |
| February 18th, 1374 (February 18 1374) | Birth | Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (died in 1399) | |
| February 18th, 1294 (February 18 1294) | Death | Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (born in 1215) | |
| February 18th, 1268 (February 18 1268) | Event | The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor. | |
| February 18th, 1229 (February 18 1229) | Event | The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. | |
| February 18th, 1139 (February 18 1139) | Death | Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (born in 1082) | |
| February 18th, 0999 (February 18 0999) | Death | Pope Gregory V (born in 972) | |
| February 18th, 0901 (February 18 0901) | Death | Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (born in 826) | |
| February 18th, 0814 (February 18 0814) | Death | Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne | Charlemagne Quotes |
| February 18th, 0806 (February 18 0806) | Death | Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (born in 730) | |
