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 this day in history.  

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

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on this day in history.  

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

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1577  On December - 18 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  

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

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

1651  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on December - 18.  

1692  On this day in history death of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)  

1710  Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1732  On December - 18 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 this day in history death of soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704)  

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 this day in history.  

1829  On this day in history jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85  

1831  Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1835  On this day in history johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82  

1839  Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on December - 18.  

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

1610  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on this day in history.  

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.