Famous Deaths Happened In December - 18
Thursday, 30 October 2025
0468 On this day in history death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita 

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

1133 Death of Hildebert, French writer on this day in history. 

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

1442 On December - 18 death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) 

1495 On this day in history death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) 

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 December - 18. 

1633 Death of Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on December - 18. 

1638 On this day in history le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies 

1651 Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on December - 18. 

1692 On December - 18 death of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626) 

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

1732 Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on December - 18. 

1737 On December - 18 antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 

1751 On this day in history kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 

1779 On this day in history jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 

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 On December - 18 johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 

1829 On December - 18 jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85 

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

1835 Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82 on December - 18. 

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 Death of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) on this day in history. 

1848 Death of Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781) on this day in history. 

1858 Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81 on December - 18. 

1862 Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 on this day in history. 

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

1869 On December - 18 louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40 

1892 On December - 18 richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88 

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