Famous Deaths Happened In February - 18

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

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

0999  On this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1139  On this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

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

1379  On February - 18 death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  On February - 18 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 February - 18.   

1478  On this day in history death of duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel   

1535  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 on February - 18.   

1546  Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88   

1583  Death of Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1587  Death of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8] on February - 18.   

1654  On February - 18 death of jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)   

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

1683  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 on February - 18.   

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 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 this day in history nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67   

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

1772  Death of Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) on February - 18.   

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

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

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

1817  Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1404  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1559  On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1602  On February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)