Historical Events on February 18

Huckleberry Finn

Here are some historical events that happened on February 18:

1478: George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.

1546: Martin Luther, German priest and theologian, dies in Eisleben, Saxony (modern-day Germany).

1685: Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay, Texas.

1861: In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

1885: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States for the first time.

1930: While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.

1970: The Chicago Seven defendants are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

2001: FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He would later plead guilty and be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

These are just a few notable events that occurred on February 18 throughout history.