Famous Deaths In December - 18

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

0821  On December - 18 death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans  

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  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on December - 18.  

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on this day in history.  

1505  Death of John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on December - 18.  

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1577  Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

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

1633  On this day in history death of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62  

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 this day in history peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62  

1732  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

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

1779  On December - 18 jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68  

1787  Death of Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704) on December - 18.  

1799  Death of Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725) on this day in history.  

1803  Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1831  On this day in history willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75  

1835  Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1839  On December - 18 charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75  

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 this day in history.  

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

1862  Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 on December - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

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1507  Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on December - 18.  

1562  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer  

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1610  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on this day in history.  

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on December - 18.  

1633  On this day in history birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised  

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on December - 18.