Famous Deaths In February - 18

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

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on February - 18.  

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

1139  On February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)  

1217  On this day in history alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.  

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

1397  On February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56  

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

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

1546  Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 on February - 18.  

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1583  On February - 18 death of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503)  

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

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  On this day in history nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62  

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 February - 18 death of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1788  Death of John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) on February - 18.  

1790  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52  

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

1807  On this day in history august G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53  

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

1829  On this day in history jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77  

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1374  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.  

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on this day in history.  

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

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.  

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

1559  On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.