Famous Deaths Happened In July - 18

0640  On this day in history arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58   

0715  On July - 18 death of muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695)   

1100  On this day in history godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies   

1374  On July - 18 francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on July - 18.   

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.   

1591  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1608  On this day in history joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61   

1610  Death of Michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573) on July - 18.   

1639  Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies on July - 18.   

1642  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies on this day in history.   

1650  Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1695  On July - 18 joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61   

1698  On July - 18 death of johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633)   

1710  On this day in history michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36   

1721  On this day in history jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies   

1730  Death of François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644) on July - 18.   

1735  Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83 on July - 18.   

1792  On July - 18 death of john Paul Jones, American naval commander (b. 1747)   

1817  On July - 18 jane Austen, writer, dies   

1831  Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1833  Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63 on July - 18.   

1854  On this day in history abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41   

1863  On this day in history william Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29   

1872  Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1884  Death of Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829) on July - 18.   

1892  On this day in history thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83   

1894  On July - 18 leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75   

1898  Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62 on July - 18.   

1899  On July - 18 horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies   

1901  On this day in history alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79   

1902  On this day in history john White, composer, dies at 47   

1908  Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83 on July - 18.   

1915  On this day in history george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53   

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1340  Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders was born on this day in history.   

1501  On this day in history birth of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)   

1504  On July - 18 birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)   

1534  On July - 18 birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) was born on July - 18.   

1635  On July - 18 birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born on July - 18.