Famous Deaths In February - 18

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

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.  

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  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on this day in history.  

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

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

1654  On this day in history death of jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)  

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  Death of Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663) on February - 18.  

1743  Death of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667) on February - 18.  

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1748  On February - 18 death of otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)  

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

1778  On February - 18 death of joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)  

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

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

1803  On this day in history j W L Gleim, writer, dies  

1807  August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1817  On February - 18 giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72  

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 this day in history 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 February - 18.  

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.  

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

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.  

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