Famous Deaths In December - 18

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

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

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

1290  On this day in history death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on this day in history.  

1651  On this day in history 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  On December - 18 johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59  

1737  On this day in history 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  Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 December - 18.  

1829  Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85 on December - 18.  

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 December - 18.  

1839  On December - 18 charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75  

1841  On December - 18 felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60  

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 December - 18.  

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

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

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1507  On this day in history birth of ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)  

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on December - 18.  

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 December - 18 birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist  

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

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on this day in history.  

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on this day in history.