Famous Deaths In November - 18

0942  On November - 18 odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on this day in history.   

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on November - 18.   

1305  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  On November - 18 death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  On this day in history death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.   

1678  Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1724  On November - 18 death of bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685)   

1771  On this day in history giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73   

1785  On November - 18 death of louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725)   

1796  Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on November - 18.   

1797  Death of Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) on November - 18.   

1814  On November - 18 death of william Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745)   

1822  Anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66 on November - 18.   

1827  Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24 on November - 18.   

1841  On November - 18 georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77   

1851  On this day in history ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80   

1852  Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1883  Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies on this day in history.   

1886  Chester A Arthur, 21st pres (1881-85), dies in NY at 56 on November - 18.   

1887  On this day in history eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81   

1889  William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68 on November - 18.   

1904  On this day in history justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies   

1911  On November - 18 alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies   

1917  Henry Spiekman, social-democratic politician, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1918  Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1919  Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies on November - 18.   

1922  On this day in history marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51   

1929  On this day in history henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78   

1941  On this day in history walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77   

1946  On this day in history donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86   

1950  On November - 18 gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60   

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on November - 18.   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on November - 18.   

1680  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18.   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on November - 18.   

1742  On November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

1772  On this day in history birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer