Famous Deaths In April - 18

0680  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on April - 18.  

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  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  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1587  John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies on this day in history.  

1610  Robert Parsons, English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63 on April - 18.  

1612  On April - 18 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  On this day in history hofmannswaldau, writer, dies  

1684  Gonzales Cocx, [Coques], painter, dies on April - 18.  

1689  On April - 18 george Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies  

1690  On this day in history charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies  

1710  Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1732  Death of Louis Feuillée, French explorer (b. 1660) on this day in history.  

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

1796  On April - 18 death of johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (b. 1732)  

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

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

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

1824  On April - 18 edward Jones, composer, dies at 72  

1830  On April - 18 jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62  

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 April - 18.  

1854  Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 84 on April - 18.  

1855  On April - 18 jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies  

1861  Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

1871  On April - 18 omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64  

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1480  On April - 18 birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)  

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on this day in history.  

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 18.  

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