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

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

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on February - 18.   

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  On February - 18 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  On this day in history fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies   

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 February - 18.   

1546  On February - 18 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  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 February - 18.   

1718  On February - 18 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 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  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 this day in history death of kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)   

1788  On February - 18 death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

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

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

1803  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

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

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  On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

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

1559  On this day in history birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1602  On February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)