Famous Deaths Happened In February - 18

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.   

0901  On this day in history death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56   

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

1455  On this day in history fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies   

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

1535  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1546  On February - 18 martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62   

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

1587  Death of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8] on this day in history.   

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 February - 18 nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62   

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 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  Death of Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677) on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)   

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

1780  Death of Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

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 February - 18 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 this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72   

1829  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77 on February - 18.   

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on February - 18.   

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

1486  On this day in history birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

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

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