Famous Deaths Happened In February - 18

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.   

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

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.   

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.   

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

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

1379  On February - 18 death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1405  Death of Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336) on this day in history.   

1455  On this day in history fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies   

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

1535  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

1564  On February - 18 michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88   

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 this day in history.   

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

1660  On this day in history death of judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried   

1683  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 on February - 18.   

1712  On February - 18 duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies   

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

1743  Death of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67   

1748  Death of Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677) on February - 18.   

1772  Death of Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) on this day in history.   

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

1780  On February - 18 death of kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)   

1788  On this day in history death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

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

1799  Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1803  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.   

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on February - 18.   

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

1516  On February - 18 birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

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

1543  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.   

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)