Famous Deaths In December - 18

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on this day in history.  

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on December - 18.  

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.  

1290  On this day in history death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)  

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on this day in history.  

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on December - 18.  

1505  On December - 18 death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed  

1565  On December - 18 benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62  

1577  On December - 18 anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32  

1597  Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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1633  On December - 18 death of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62  

1638  Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on December - 18.  

1651  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1692  On this day in history death of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)  

1710  On December - 18 peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62  

1732  On this day in history johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59  

1737  Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 on December - 18.  

1751  On December - 18 kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62  

1779  Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1787  Death of Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704) on this day in history.  

1799  Death of Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725) on December - 18.  

1803  Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on December - 18.  

1829  Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85 on this day in history.  

1831  Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75 on December - 18.  

1835  On this day in history johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82  

1839  Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1841  On this day in history felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60  

1843  On December - 18 death of thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748)  

1848  Death of Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781) on December - 18.  

1858  On December - 18 joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81  

1862  On this day in history johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35  

1865  Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40  

1892  Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88 on December - 18.  

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1507  On December - 18 birth of Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)  

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on this day in history.  

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on December - 18.  

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist  

1620  On this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)  

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on December - 18.  

1633  On December - 18 birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised