Famous Deaths In December - 18

0468  On December - 18 death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita  

0821  On December - 18 death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans  

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 this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67  

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

1638  Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on December - 18.  

1651  On this day in history francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54  

1692  Death of Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626) on December - 18.  

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  On December - 18 antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93  

1751  On December - 18 kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62  

1779  On December - 18 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  Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1829  On December - 18 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  Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 on December - 18.  

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

1843  On this day in history death of thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748)  

1848  Death of Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781) on this day in history.  

1858  On December - 18 joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81  

1862  Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1865  Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70 on December - 18.  

1869  On December - 18 louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40  

1892  On December - 18 richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on this day in history.  

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

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 18.  

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on this day in history.  

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

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on December - 18.