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 December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer  

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on December - 18.  

1442  On this day in history death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)  

1495  On this day in history death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)  

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 December - 18.  

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

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1633  On December - 18 death of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62  

1638  On December - 18 le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies  

1651  On December - 18 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 December - 18 peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62  

1732  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on December - 18.  

1737  Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 on December - 18.  

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1779  On December - 18 jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68  

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

1799  Death of Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725) on December - 18.  

1803  Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1841  Felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 18 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist  

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

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on December - 18.  

1633  On December - 18 birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised