Famous Deaths In December - 18

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

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on December - 18.  

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  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  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  Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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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  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  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  Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 on December - 18.  

1787  Death of Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704) on December - 18.  

1799  Death of Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725) on this day in history.  

1803  Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on December - 18.  

1829  On December - 18 jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85  

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 this day in history.  

1843  Death of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) on this day in history.  

1848  On December - 18 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  Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70 on December - 18.  

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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1507  Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on December - 18.  

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

1569  On December - 18 birth of jakob Hassler, composer  

1602  On this day in history birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)  

1610  On December - 18 birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist  

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on December - 18.  

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