Famous Deaths In April - 18

0680  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies  

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

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

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on April - 18.  

1552  On this day in history john Leland, antiquary, dies  

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

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

1567  On this day in history wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63  

1587  On this day in history 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 April - 18.  

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  Death of John Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620) on April - 18.  

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

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

1689  On this day in history 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 April - 18.  

1732  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.  

1830  On this day in history jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62  

1845  On April - 18 nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77  

1853  William King, US VP, dies a month after his inauguration on April - 18.  

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

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

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

1867  On April - 18 robert Smirke, architect, dies  

1871  On April - 18 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  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on April - 18.  

1590  Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 18 birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer  

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