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 this day in history.  

1504  On April - 18 filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52  

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on this day in history.  

1552  On April - 18 john Leland, antiquary, dies  

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on April - 18.  

1558  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on this day in history.  

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  Robert Parsons, English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63 on April - 18.  

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1612  On this day in history emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies  

1636  Death of Julius Caesar, English judge on April - 18.  

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

1674  On this day in history death of john Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620)  

1679  Hofmannswaldau, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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

1689  George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies on this day in history.  

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

1710  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 on April - 18.  

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

1794  On this day in history death of charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)  

1796  On this day in history death of johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (b. 1732)  

1800  On this day in history john Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84  

1807  Erasmus Darwin, physician writer and botanist (Influence), dies (b. 1731) on this day in history.  

1818  On April - 18 pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59  

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 April - 18.  

1853  On April - 18 william King, US VP, dies a month after his inauguration  

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  Robert Smirke, architect, dies on this day in history.  

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

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1480  Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on this day in history.  

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

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on April - 18.  

1590  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)  

1590  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)  

1605  On April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer  

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

1732  George Colman, "the Elder was born on this day in history.