Famous Deaths Happened In December - 18
Thursday, 01 January 2026
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 December - 18 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 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 this day in history. 

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

1638 On December - 18 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 Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on this day in history. 

1732 On December - 18 johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 

1737 Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 on this day in history. 

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 On December - 18 death of soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704) 

1799 On December - 18 death of jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725) 

1803 On December - 18 johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 

1829 Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85 on December - 18. 

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

1835 On this day in history johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82 

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

1841 On this day in history felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60 

1843 On this day in history death of thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) 

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 December - 18. 

1862 On this day in history johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 

1865 On this day in history francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70 

1869 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40 on December - 18. 

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

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