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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.  

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

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on February - 18.  

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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 this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1745  On this day in history 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 February - 18.  

1778  On this day in history death of joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)  

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 this day in history wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67  

1799  On February - 18 maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52  

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  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

1404  On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

1486  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

1516  On February - 18 birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)  

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

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

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 this day in history.