Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
1100 Duke bretislaus ii of bohemia: Duke bretislaus ii of bohemia 

1337 Daito kokushi: Leader of o-to-kan rinzai school in japan, 

1419 John xxiii: [baldassare cossa], italian pope (1410-15), 

1440 Bluebeard: Pirate, executed 

1550 Richard plantagenet possibly a son of richard iii: Richard plantagenet (richard of eastwell) possibly a son of richard iii 

1603 Mehmed iii: Sultan of turkey (1595-1603), 

1646 Peter mogila: Orthodox metropolitan of kiev and galicia (b. 1596) 

1660 André tacquet: Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) 

1668 Stephen day: 1st british colonial printer, 

1681 Richard alleine: English puritan clergyman (b. 1611) 

1708 Hedwig sophia: Duchess of holstein-gottorp, swedish writer (b. 1681) 

1721 Nathaniel hawes: Tortured & executed in england for robbery 

1723 Jacques basnage: French/dutch historian/vicar, 

1738 Jean-joseph mouret: Composer, 

1745 Jan dismas zelenka: Composer, 

1767 John newberry: English publisher, 

1788 Percivall pott: English physician and surgeon (b. 1714) 

1797 Giovanni marco rutini: Composer, 

1806 William vernon: American merchant (b. 1719) 

1815 Jose maria morelos: Mexican revolutionary priest executed by spaniards 

1828 Rachel jackson: Wife of 7th us pres andrew jackson, 

1832 Ishmail spicer: Composer, 

1863 Michael corcoran: Union brig-general, 

1867 Jean-victor poncelet: French mathematician (kinematics), 

1870 Constantine d uschinsky: Russian educator, 

1874 Johann peter pixis: Composer, 

1875 Nikolay alexeyevich titov: Composer, 

1880 George eliot: Victorian novelist (adam bede), 

1893 Benedikt randhartinger: Composer, 

1899 Dwight l moody: Us evangelist (student volunteer movement), 

1902 Richard freiherr von krafft-ebing: Psychiatrist, 

1908 Marie jungius: Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, 

1913 Menelik ii: King of ethiopia (1896-1913), 

1917 Francesca saveria cabrini: Us saint/patron of immigrant, 

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