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 this day in history.   

1133  On December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer   

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on December - 18.   

1442  On December - 18 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 December - 18.   

1565  On December - 18 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  On this day in history barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67   

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

1638  On December - 18 le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies   

1651  On this day in history francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54   

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  On December - 18 johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59   

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

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1779  Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 on December - 18.   

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

1799  On this day in history death of jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725)   

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 December - 18 willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75   

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

1839  On this day in history charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75   

1841  Felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60 on December - 18.   

1843  Death of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) on this day in history.   

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

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

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  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on this day in history.   

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on December - 18.   

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

1602  On December - 18 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 this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

1633  On December - 18 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