Famous Deaths Happened In December - 18
Sunday, 15 February 2026
0468 Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18. 

0821 On December - 18 death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans 

1133 Death of Hildebert, French writer on December - 18. 

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

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

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 On December - 18 benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 

1577 On this day in history anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 

1597 On this day in history barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 

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

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 On December - 18 death of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626) 

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

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 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on December - 18. 

1779 On December - 18 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 Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on December - 18. 

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

1843 Death of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) on December - 18. 

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 this day in history. 

1865 Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

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

1892 On this day in history richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88 

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