Famous Deaths In February - 18

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

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)  

0999  On this day in history 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  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.  

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  Death of Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336) on this day in history.  

1455  On February - 18 fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies  

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1478  On this day in history 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 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  Death of Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503) on February - 18.  

1587  On this day in history death of mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]  

1654  On February - 18 death of jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)  

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  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  On February - 18 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  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 February - 18.  

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

1780  Death of Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714) on February - 18.  

1788  Death of John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

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

1799  Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 on February - 18.  

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

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1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.  

1543  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

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

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.