Famous Deaths In February - 18

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne  

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1294  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on this day in history.  

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  

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1478  Death of Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel on this day in history.  

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

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

1587  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 February - 18.  

1718  Death of Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663) on February - 18.  

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

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

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

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

1803  On February - 18 j W L Gleim, writer, dies  

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  On February - 18 jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77  

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.  

1404  On February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

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

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  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 February - 18.