Famous Deaths In December - 18

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.  

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on this day in history.  

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.  

1290  On December - 18 death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)  

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on December - 18.  

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 December - 18.  

1577  On this day in history 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 December - 18 death of theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62  

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

1651  On December - 18 francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54  

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

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 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  On December - 18 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) on December - 18.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1562  On December - 18 birth of philipp Dulichius, composer  

1569  On this day in history 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  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