Famous Deaths In December - 18

0468  On this day in history death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita  

0821  On this day in history death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans  

1133  On this day in history death of hildebert, French writer  

1290  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed  

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 this day in history.  

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 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 December - 18.  

1732  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68  

1787  Death of Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704) on this day in history.  

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 December - 18.  

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

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 December - 18.  

1839  Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 on December - 18.  

1841  On December - 18 felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60  

1843  On December - 18 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1869  On December - 18 louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40  

1892  Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88 on December - 18.  

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1507  On this day in history birth of Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)  

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

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

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