Famous Deaths Happened In July - 18

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

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on this day in history.   

1100  On July - 18 godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies   

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

1488  On this day in history death of alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)   

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on July - 18.   

1591  On July - 18 jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40   

1608  Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 on July - 18.   

1610  Death of Michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573) on this day in history.   

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

1642  On July - 18 willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies   

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

1695  Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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 July - 18 jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies   

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

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 this day in history jane Austen, writer, dies   

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

1833  On this day in history joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63   

1854  Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41 on this day in history.   

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

1872  On July - 18 benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66   

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  Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62   

1899  Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies on this day in history.   

1901  Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1902  John White, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

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

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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 this day in history.   

1504  Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

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

1635  Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia) was born on this day in history.   

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