Famous Deaths In July - 18

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

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

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

1374  Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1544  On this day in history rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25   

1591  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 on July - 18.   

1608  Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1698  On this day in history 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  Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies on this day in history.   

1730  Death of François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644) on this day in history.   

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  On July - 18 thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72   

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  William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On July - 18 emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62   

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

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

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

1908  On July - 18 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  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  Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575) was born on July - 18.   

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

1552  On this day in history birth of rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)   

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 this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer