Famous Deaths In April - 18

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

1161  On April - 18 death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on April - 18.  

1530  On this day in history francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43  

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on this day in history.  

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

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1612  On April - 18 emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies  

1636  On this day in history death of julius Caesar, English judge  

1650  On April - 18 death of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian (b. 1602)  

1674  Death of John Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620) on this day in history.  

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

1684  Gonzales Cocx, [Coques], painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

1690  On April - 18 charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies  

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

1732  On April - 18 death of louis Feuillée, French explorer (b. 1660)  

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

1824  Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1830  Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62 on April - 18.  

1845  Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77 on April - 18.  

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

1854  On April - 18 joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 84  

1855  Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies on April - 18.  

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

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

1871  Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

1521  On April - 18 birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)  

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

1590  Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on April - 18.  

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

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

1729  On this day in history birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer  

1732  On this day in history birth of george Colman, "the Elder