Famous Deaths In February - 18

0814  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

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

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

1405  On February - 18 death of tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)  

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

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1478  On February - 18 death of duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel  

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

1546  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]  

1654  On this day in history 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  On this day in history duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies  

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 February - 18.  

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history j W L Gleim, writer, dies  

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  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77 on February - 18.  

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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  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 this day in history.  

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