Famous Deaths In February - 18

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.  

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

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  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1294  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on this day in history.  

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.  

1405  On this day in history death of tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)  

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

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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 February - 18.  

1564  On February - 18 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1743  Death of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667) on this day in history.  

1745  On February - 18 nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67  

1748  Death of Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677) on February - 18.  

1772  Death of Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) on this day in history.  

1778  Death of Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715) on this day in history.  

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

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

1790  On February - 18 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67  

1799  Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1803  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on February - 18.  

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.