Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1139  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

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

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.   

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

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

1546  Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

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  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 this day in history death of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)   

1743  On this day in history death of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)   

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 this day in history.   

1772  Death of Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) on February - 18.   

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

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  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

1817  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

1404  On this day in history 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 February - 18 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  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.