Famous Deaths Happened In July - 18

0640  On July - 18 arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58   

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on July - 18.   

1100  Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.   

1374  Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 on July - 18.   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on this day in history.   

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 July - 18.   

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  On this day in history willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies   

1650  Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74 on July - 18.   

1695  On this day in history joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61   

1698  On this day in history death of johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633)   

1710  Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36 on July - 18.   

1721  Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies on July - 18.   

1730  On July - 18 death of françois de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644)   

1735  On July - 18 johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83   

1792  Death of John Paul Jones, American naval commander (b. 1747) on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history jane Austen, writer, dies   

1831  On this day in history thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72   

1833  On July - 18 joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63   

1854  Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41 on July - 18.   

1863  William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 on July - 18.   

1872  Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 on July - 18.   

1884  On July - 18 death of ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)   

1892  Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83 on July - 18.   

1894  Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75 on July - 18.   

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  John White, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83   

1915  George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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1340  On this day in history birth of philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders   

1501  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on July - 18.   

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

1534  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) was born on July - 18.   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on July - 18.   

1634  Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  On July - 18 birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer