Famous Deaths In December - 18

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.  

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  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 December - 18.  

1577  Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 on December - 18.  

1597  On December - 18 barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67  

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

1638  Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on this day in history.  

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

1692  Death of Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626) on December - 18.  

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

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

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 December - 18.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1835  On December - 18 johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82  

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

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

1862  On December - 18 johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35  

1865  Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70 on December - 18.  

1869  Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

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

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

1562  On December - 18 birth of philipp Dulichius, composer  

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

1602  On this day in history birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)  

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 December - 18 birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised  

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