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  Death of Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.  

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  On December - 18 death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)  

1505  Death of John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on this day in history.  

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 December - 18.  

1597  Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 on December - 18.  

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1633  Death of Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on December - 18.  

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

1799  On this day in history death of jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725)  

1803  On December - 18 johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59  

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

1831  On December - 18 willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75  

1835  Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35  

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on this day in history.  

1569  On December - 18 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  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on December - 18.  

1633  On this day in history birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised