Famous Deaths In February - 18

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

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 February - 18.  

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

1217  On February - 18 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 February - 18.  

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56  

1405  Death of Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336) on February - 18.  

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

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1478  Death of Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel on this day in history.  

1535  On February - 18 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  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1583  On February - 18 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 this day in history.  

1654  Death of Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594) on this day in history.  

1660  On this day in history death of judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried  

1683  On February - 18 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  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  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)  

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 February - 18 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  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on February - 18.  

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  On this day in history 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  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on February - 18.  

1530  On this day in history 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 February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)