Famous Deaths In April - 18

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

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

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

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

1587  John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies on April - 18.  

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  On April - 18 death of julius Caesar, English judge  

1650  Death of Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian (b. 1602) on this day in history.  

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

1679  On April - 18 hofmannswaldau, writer, dies  

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

1710  On April - 18 pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75  

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

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 April - 18.  

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

1818  On this day in history 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  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 April - 18.  

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

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

1861  Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67 on April - 18.  

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 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 April - 18.  

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

1590  On April - 18 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  On this day in history birth of george Colman, "the Elder