Famous Deaths In December - 18

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on this day in history.  

0821  On December - 18 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 December - 18 barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67  

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1633  Death of Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on this day in history.  

1638  On this day in history le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies  

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

1692  On December - 18 death of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)  

1710  On this day in history peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62  

1732  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1751  On December - 18 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 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 December - 18.  

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

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

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

1848  On December - 18 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  On this day in history francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70  

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

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 December - 18.  

1562  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer  

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

1602  On December - 18 birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)  

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 December - 18 birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised  

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