Famous Deaths In December - 18

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  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on this day in history.  

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on this day in history.  

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

1505  On December - 18 death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed  

1565  On this day in history 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.  

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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 this day in history.  

1692  Death of Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626) on this day in history.  

1710  Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on December - 18.  

1732  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on December - 18.  

1737  On December - 18 antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93  

1751  On December - 18 kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62  

1779  On this day in history jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68  

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 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 December - 18.  

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

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  Death of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) on December - 18.  

1848  On this day in history death of bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781)  

1858  On this day in history joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81  

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

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

1869  On this day in history louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40  

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

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

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

1569  On this day in history birth of jakob Hassler, composer  

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on December - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1633  On December - 18 birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised