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 February - 18.   

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

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

1217  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 death of tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)   

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1564  On this day in history michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88   

1583  Death of Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503) on February - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 February - 18.   

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

1778  On this day in history death of joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)   

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

1788  On February - 18 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 February - 18.   

1803  On this day in history j W L Gleim, writer, dies   

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

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

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  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  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

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)