Famous Deaths In February - 18

0814  On this day in history death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne  

0901  On this day in history death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)  

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies  

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.  

1217  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on this day in history.  

1379  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)  

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56  

1405  Death of Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336) on February - 18.  

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on February - 18.  

1478  Death of Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel on February - 18.  

1535  On this day in history agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48  

1546  On February - 18 martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62  

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on February - 18.  

1583  On this day in history death of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503)  

1587  Death of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8] on February - 18.  

1654  Death of Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594) on February - 18.  

1660  Death of Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried on February - 18.  

1683  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1712  Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies on this day in history.  

1718  On February - 18 death of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)  

1743  On this day in history death of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)  

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on February - 18.  

1748  On February - 18 death of otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)  

1772  On February - 18 death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)  

1778  On February - 18 death of joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)  

1780  On this day in history death of kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)  

1788  On February - 18 death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)  

1790  On February - 18 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67  

1799  On February - 18 maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52  

1803  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on February - 18.  

1807  August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1817  Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1829  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

1404  On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.  

1516  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)  

1530  On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

1559  On this day in history birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.