Famous Deaths In December - 18

0468  On this day in history death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita   

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on this day in history.   

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.   

1290  On this day in history death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)   

1442  On this day in history death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)   

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on December - 18.   

1505  On December - 18 death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on December - 18.   

1577  Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1597  On this day in history barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67   

1633  On December - 18 death of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62   

1638  On this day in history le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies   

1651  On this day in history francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54   

1692  Death of Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626) on December - 18.   

1710  On December - 18 peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62   

1732  On this day in history johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59   

1737  On December - 18 antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93   

1751  On this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62   

1779  Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1787  On this day in history death of soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704)   

1799  Death of Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725) on December - 18.   

1803  Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85   

1831  On December - 18 willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75   

1835  Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75   

1841  Felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60 on December - 18.   

1843  Death of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) on this day in history.   

1848  Death of Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781) on this day in history.   

1858  Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1862  Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1865  Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1869  Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40 on December - 18.   

1892  Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88 on December - 18.   

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1507  On December - 18 birth of ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)   

1562  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  On this day in history birth of jakob Hassler, composer   

1602  On this day in history birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)   

1610  On this day in history birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1620  On December - 18 birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on December - 18.   

1633  On this day in history birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised