Famous Deaths In February - 18

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

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on February - 18.  

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

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

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 February - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

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  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  Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  On February - 18 death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)  

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

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

1803  On February - 18 j W L Gleim, writer, dies  

1807  On February - 18 august G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53  

1817  Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 on February - 18.  

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 February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

1486  On this day in history 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  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.