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 April - 18.  

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

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

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on April - 18.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 April - 18.  

1684  On this day in history gonzales Cocx, [Coques], painter, dies  

1689  George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies on April - 18.  

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

1794  Death of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714) on April - 18.  

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

1800  John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84 on April - 18.  

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  On this day in history edward Jones, composer, dies at 72  

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

1845  On this day in history nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77  

1853  On this day in history william King, US VP, dies a month after his inauguration  

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

1855  Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

1867  On April - 18 robert Smirke, architect, dies  

1871  Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64 on April - 18.  

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1480  On April - 18 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  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)  

1590  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)  

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 April - 18 birth of george Colman, "the Elder