Famous Deaths In February - 18

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

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)  

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.  

1139  On this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)  

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on February - 18.  

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.  

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

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

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1478  On this day in history death of duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel  

1535  On February - 18 agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48  

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

1564  On this day in history michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88  

1583  Death of Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503) on February - 18.  

1587  On February - 18 death of mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]  

1654  On February - 18 death of jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)  

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

1683  On February - 18 nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62  

1712  Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies on February - 18.  

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

1743  On February - 18 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 this day in history death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)  

1778  Death of Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715) on February - 18.  

1780  Death of Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

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

1790  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 on February - 18.  

1799  Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 on February - 18.  

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

1807  August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on February - 18.  

1817  On February - 18 giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72  

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 February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

1486  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.  

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.  

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.  

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