Famous Deaths In July - 18

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

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 this day in history.  

1544  On July - 18 rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25  

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

1608  On July - 18 joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61  

1610  On July - 18 death of michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573)  

1639  On this day in history bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies  

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

1650  On July - 18 christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74  

1695  Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61 on July - 18.  

1698  Death of Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633) on this day in history.  

1710  Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83  

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

1817  On July - 18 jane Austen, writer, dies  

1831  Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 on July - 18.  

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

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

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

1899  On this day in history horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies  

1901  On July - 18 alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79  

1902  John White, composer, dies at 47 on July - 18.  

1908  On July - 18 jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83  

1915  On July - 18 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  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.  

1504  On this day in history birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)  

1534  On this day in history 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  On July - 18 birth of joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)  

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

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