Famous Deaths Happened In December - 18

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

0821  On this day in history death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans   

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

1290  On December - 18 death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)   

1442  On this day in history death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)   

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

1505  Death of John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on this day in history.   

1565  On this day in history benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62   

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 December - 18.   

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 18 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  On this day in history death of bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781)   

1858  Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On December - 18 birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1620  On December - 18 birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

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

1633  On this day in history birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised