Famous Deaths In April - 18

0680  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on this day in history.  

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 18.  

1504  On this day in history filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52  

1530  On April - 18 francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43  

1552  On April - 18 john Leland, antiquary, dies  

1556  On this day in history luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61  

1558  On this day in history death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent  

1567  On April - 18 wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63  

1587  On April - 18 john Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies  

1610  On this day in history robert Parsons, English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63  

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1612  Emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies on this day in history.  

1636  On April - 18 death of julius Caesar, English judge  

1650  On this day in history death of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian (b. 1602)  

1674  On April - 18 death of john Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620)  

1679  On this day in history hofmannswaldau, writer, dies  

1684  On April - 18 gonzales Cocx, [Coques], painter, dies  

1689  George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies on April - 18.  

1690  Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies on April - 18.  

1710  On this day in history pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75  

1732  Death of Louis Feuillée, French explorer (b. 1660) on April - 18.  

1794  Death of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714) on April - 18.  

1796  Death of Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (b. 1732) on this day in history.  

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1807  On April - 18 erasmus Darwin, physician writer and botanist (Influence), dies (b. 1731)  

1818  Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59 on April - 18.  

1824  Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 on April - 18.  

1830  Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1845  Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1853  William King, US VP, dies a month after his inauguration on this day in history.  

1854  Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1855  Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67  

1867  On this day in history robert Smirke, architect, dies  

1871  On this day in history omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64  

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1480  On this day in history birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)  

1521  On this day in history birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)  

1580  On this day in history birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)  

1590  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)  

1590  Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on April - 18.  

1605  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on this day in history.  

1732  On April - 18 birth of george Colman, "the Elder